They came from near, they came from far Following a distant star to where he'd lay Not being sure of what it meant But knowing it was heaven sent, they made their way And the creatures gathered round And didn't make a sound and the angels cried The angels knew what was to come The reason God had sent His Son from up above It filled their hearts with joy to see And knowing of His destiny, came tears of love And the creatures gathered round And didn't make a sound and the angels cried I've often thought about that night And wondered if they realized that star so bright Was sent to tell all the land The Son of God would soon become the Son of Man And the creatures gathered round And didn't make a sound and the angels cried And the angels cried And the angels cried

Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh I couldn't breathe as I watched you leave I thought we had something but I wanted more I played my cards but I pushed you too hard I feel like a shipwreck washed up on your shore Something's happening that I couldn't see I can't get my head around what you did to me You left me lifeless You left me cold as a stone You left me out on my own You let me go (you let me) You left me lifeless You let me take it alone You left me down on my knees You let me go (you let me) You left me lifeless I can't let go, it's body and soul I'm drowning in memories So, just throw me a line (throw me) I feel betrayed and my nerves are all frayed Like the last rose of summer as it dies on the vine (Ooh) something's happening, but I didn't know I can't turn the time back and it's starting to show You left me lifeless You left me cold as a stone (cold as a stone) You left me out on my own You let me go (you let me) You left me lifeless You let me take it alone (take it alone) You left me down on my knees You let me go (you let me) You left me lifeless I just can't believe a word they said I've got these voices in my head And they won't leave me alone (leave me alone) So, come on now, come in from the cold Don't leave me lifeless You left me lifeless You left me cold as a stone (cold as a stone) You left me out on my own You let me go (you let me) You left me lifeless You let me take it alone (take it alone) You left me down on my knees You let me go (you let me) You left me lifeless You left me cold as a stone (cold as a stone) You left me out on my own You let me go (you let me) You left me lifeless You said to me, "Take it alone" (take it alone) You left me down on my knees You let me go (you let me) You left me lifeless

I'm going away to leave love I'm away for a while But I'll return to you sometime If I go ten thousand miles The storms are on the ocean And the heavens may cease to be This world may lose it's motion love If I probe false to thee Oh, have you seen those mournful doves? Flying from pine to pine They're mournig from their own true love Just like I mourn for mine The storms are on the ocean And the heavens may cease to be This world may lose it's motion love If I probe false to thee I cry myself to sleep each night Thinking only of you I wonder if you'll wait for me To me are you still truth? I'll never go back to the ocean love I'll never go back on to sea No never go back on this blue eyed girl Say you'll always love me The storms are on the ocean And the heavens may cease to be This world may lose it's motion love If I probe false to thee

I stood on faith and the corner of ambition I came here to sink or swim And to show them all that they were wrong And though I never thought I'd make it this far So the curtains are down For the moment I'm someone There were those in the wings who waited, who came this way Now they're gone But there's always someone at home who never forgets who you are And when I'm down and I'm growing old I won't be along no railroad track I won't be bound to a life out in the cold It's been a steady pace to keep my steps between these cracks on Broadway And my stride in rhythm to the beat of home, sweet home When I'm down and I'm growing old I won't be along no railroad track I won't be bound to a life out in the cold It's been a steady pace to keep my steps between these cracks on Broadway And my stride in rhythm to the beat of home, sweet home Can't go on, I'm on the top of my better years I'm going home, it's too lonesome on the bottom rung here It's been a steady pace to keep my steps between these cracks on Broadway And my stride in rhythm to the beat of home, sweet home

The hills were alive with wildflowers And I was as wild, even wilder than they For at least I could run, they just died in the sun And I refused to just wither in place Just a wild mountain rose needing freedom to grow So I ran, fearing not where I'd go When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow And the flowers I knew, in the fields where I grew Were content to be lost in the crowd They were common and close, I had no room for growth And I wanted so much to branch out So I uprooted myself from my home ground and left Took my dreams and I took to the road When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow I grew up fast and wild and I never felt right In a garden so different from me I just never belonged, I just longed to be gone So the garden one day set me free I hitched a ride with the wind, and since he was my friend I just let him decide where we'd go When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow Just a wild rambling rose seeking misteries untold No regret for the path that I chose When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow Wildflowers don't care where they grow

Lookin' outta my windowpane Tears minglin' with the rain I'm so lonesome I could cry, just like old Hank Starin' down on the city street Feelin' empty and incomplete There's a place I need to be to fill my tank A place I can go where I can be free Where I can be happy and just be me Home Where the warm wind's blowin' And the river's flowin' along Like a lazy bum in the midday sun And I've gone fishin' with my pole at the fishin' hole Where I can lay down my heavy load And know that I am always welcome home I left home I was seventeen I had a lot of ambitious dreams Seen a lot of those dreams come true I've had good luck I ain't complain' that's for sure I got a lot to be thankful for One of those things is a magic door that opens up Back to the time when I was a kid To the sounds of the crickets and the katydids It's called Home On the front porch swingin' And the fern pots hangin' Home With the church bells ringin' And voices singin' those Old songs that mend my mind like a stitch in time Where the tea is sweet and the love complete Oh me, I wanna go home I often think about where I have been Where I am goin' and that's about when I think about Home Where the soul finds comfort and the heart finds pleasure Home Where the depths of love is hard to measure It's home I hear you callin', I hear you callin' I'll never be lost as long as I know There's place like that where I can go Where I can restore my weary soul On the mountain slopes and the soft blue smoke Of home Home sweet home Home Back to the hills with the whippoorwills of Home With the fireflies blinkin' and the night stars winkin' Home Honeysuckle vine and Muscadine wine at Home Where the ginseng grows in the shady groves of Home With family and friends and joy that never ends Home There's no place like it, no place like it Home

Here I sit, all alone Thinkin' bout what I should of known You make me think that I could need you You weaved your magic spell and I believed you Looking back, on you and me Promises that will, never be I truly thought that we were lovers, (lovers) But now I find i'm just like all the others Heartbreaker, wish I'd seen that love was blind Sweet little love maker, taking my heart and leaving me behind Heartbreaker, couldn't you be just a little more kind, to me Played with fire, felt it's burn I would have thought that I would of learned I melted every time you kissed me, (kissed me) Each time you'd leave I thought you'd miss me Heartbreaker, wish i'd seen that love was blind Sweet little love maker, taking my heart and leaving me behind Heartbreaker, couldn't you be just a little more kind to me Heartbreaker, wish i'd seen that love was blind Sweet little love maker, taking my heart and leaving me behind Heartbreaker, couldn't you be just a little more kind to me Heartbreaker, wish i'd seen that love was blind Sweet little love maker, taking my heart and leaving me behind Heartbreaker, couldn't you be just a little more kind to me