Doing the same thing every day I'm so tired I don't want it anymore I want to sleep A perfect way where you don't wake up but you don't die You just simply lie without drowning anymore I don't want to be here But I don't want to not be here Suicide; it won't happen But then neither will life without drowning anymore

I still remember all those haunting dark shadows I had lost faith in life Then there was you You took me out of the gutter, my friend You cheered me up when I was down-hearted You gave me back my dignity I don't know what to do My friend, now I've lost you I'm drowning in the rain That's pouring out my broken heart I'm drowning in the rain That's fallin' since we had to part I have to face my destiny My life is all in vain A thousand tears I cry for you I'm drowning in the rain Now I recall all the hard days and sorrow That we have been through You taught me to smile And save my tears for a rainy day You took me out of the back-streets forever You made me feel a beauty queen I don't know what to do My friend, now I've lost you I'm drowning in the rain (I'm drowning in the rain) That's pouring out my broken heart I'm drowning in the rain (I'm drowning in the rain) That's fallin' since we had to part I have to face my destiny (I have to face my destiny) My life is all in vain (My life is all in vain) A thousand tears I cry for you (Aaaaaaaaaah) I'm drowning in the rain I'm drowning in the rain (I'm drowning in the rain) That's pouring out my broken heart I'm drowning in the rain (I'm drowning in the rain) That's fallin' since we had to part I have to face my destiny (I have to face my destiny) My life is all in vain (My life is all in vain) A thousand tears I cry for you (Aaaaaaaaaah) I'm drowning in the rain

Up for three days Up for three days Down under ground for six more Incisions cannot penetrate my feet Tripping, gliding, falling numbly Hands held together with unwanted skin Ripping, hiding calling dumbly Oh You, in houses of mud You, in gutter sleep-love You, born to slaughter-swathed gloves You, dressing daughters and sons Like you - I am broken and fragile Like you - I am tasting my heart for the first time Like you - I am feeding on slumber Like you - I've left my eyes far behind me Down for the count I'm still drowning I'm still drowning The eighth day Sleep, the eighth day Clawed my way back to the first No gentle fingers collapse on my eyes Weeping, prying, struggling blindly There's no sanity standing me back on my feet I'm in an empty room I'm burning books from you I'm lost in bed with you Breaking these mirrors to end all I've seen Like you - I am broken and fragile Like you - I am tasting my heart for the first time Like you - I am feeding on slumber Like you - I've left my eyes far behind me Down for the count I'm still drowning I'm still drowning I'm still drowning

Trouble with the world is we're too busy to think about it, all right Why is there a rebel flag hanging from the state house walls? Tired of hearin' this shit 'bout heritage not hate Time to make the world a better place Why must we hate one another? Well, no matter what, we gotta live together Just 'cause you don't look like me, tell me, what do you see? When we pass on the street, what do you wanna see? Peace is coming, that's all I got to say Wanna turn and run away They're just telling you how they see it Right or wrong, they don't care, you wish that they would quit Drowning in a sea of tears Hatred trying to hide your fears Living only for yourself Hating everybody else 'cause they don't look like you Nanci singing it's a hard life wherever you go About some fat racist living in Chicago Trying to teach his kids to hate everyone Well, tell me, why is that something you wanna teach your son? Why must we hate one another? When the people in the church, they tell me you're my brother You don't walk like me, said you don't talk like me Saying "Go back to Africa," I just don't understand Drowning in a sea of tears Hatred trying to hide your fears Living only for yourself Hating everybody else 'cause they don't look like you Not like you Drowning Yeah, I'm trying to be someone that he could look up to, but When I walk down the street, tell me, what do you see? I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a man No, I'm not like you, why do you hate me so? I don't know, I don't know, I don't know Hating everybody else 'cause they don't look like you Oh, drowning Hating everybody else 'cause they don't look like you Drowning