Time, Be My Friend - Dar Williams

Far away from home City of beaches Layers by layers I let you to see me raw Breaking my walls down Every bruises Touches by touches, I let you to feel me raw You can win again You can win again And that's alright (After all, we're friends) I want you to know me (After all, we're friends) I want you to take me For who I am And what I'm not The weirdest form of me The coolest things I did And I want you to be Be my friend Forever My best friend Be my friend Now that we're back home The city of egos Stories and worries, I let you to read me raw Though I can't keep up With the world that's gone mad But feelings are there for me to know That I'm alive (You can win again) oh yeah (You can win again) oh yeah (That's alright) that's alright (After all, we're friends) I want you to know me (After all, we're friends) I want you to take me For who I am And what I'm not The weirdest form of me The coolest things I did 'Cause I want you to be Be my friend (be my friend) Forever (forever) My best friend (my best friend) Be my friend (be my friend) I'm sorry For what I'm not So be my friend For who I am

All i need Is a friend Someone to give me, a helpin' hand When i'm afraid, in the night Someone to squeeze me And tell me, it's all right You know i worry Huh Such a lot And i would give, all i've got Just to have, someone believe in me Just to do that, and put me back on evenly Yeah Baby, baby Be my friend Baby, baby Be my friend Baby, baby Be my friend I will love you, till the very end You make me feel A stronger love Than anyone, i've ever known Oh, i need, someone like you You give me something, so strong and true Baby, baby Be my friend Baby, baby Be my friend (yeah yeah) Baby, baby Be my friend I will love you, till the very end Would you be my friend? I will love ya, i will love ya, till the very end Baby, baby, baby Won't you be my friend? Oh yeah... I've got to love you I need to love you, till the very end

Today My life is yours stuck in the same place Walking together we say nothing Wake up with feelings of such a slave We dig our own grave We will forsake tomorrow A new day Forsake tomorrow Parley We've been waiting for the sun Sitting in the dark With tomorrow it will go Sure the stars will follow you But they belong to misery The one and only flame we know Tonight Is my only toll to a short life You are the cancer you are the strife You are the stitch I can't pull apart Believe me not when I say forsake Tomorrow A new day Forsake tomorrow Parley We've been waiting for the sun Sitting in the dark With tomorrow it will go Sure the stars will follow you But they belong to misery The one and only flame we know Misery my friend Where have you been I cannot sleep Without you by my side Where do you take me every night We will forsake tomorrow A new day Forsake tomorrow Parley We've been waiting for the sun Sitting in the dark With tomorrow it will go Sure the stars will follow you But they belong to misery The one and only flame we know

She take it slow then she wind it up I'm showing love but that's not enough Girl, you look fine like wine Loan me some of your time Tell me, can you be my friend? I would like to tell you who I am Baby, will you take me for who I am? I'm a hold the deal up on my end Bang, bang I know you don't want no scrub Baby I'm a boss, you should love that in me She's like, "But my bestfriend was like 'Baby he's a dog, he was tryna holla at me'" I know I can fuck up, another man can luck up In the club, dancing on your pum pum Baby I respect you, love you if you let me I do not take you as a dumb dumb I'll hold you slowly Treat you like a trophy Get so much of you, I OD Can you pass me up like slowly I'll wear you out like my Louie Squeeze on you like my tooly Stir you up like a smoothie Clean you up like my jewelry She take it slow then she wind it up I'm showing love but that's not enough Girl, you look fine like wine Loan me some of your time Tell me, can you be my friend? I would like to tell you who I am Baby, will you take me for who I am? I'm a hold the deal up on my end Bang, bang If I get all on your back Snap for me like I'm a pole Baby, I'm a young Randy Moss I can catch as long as you throw it I just picked you up some roses and a lotus I just picked up some spices from the posure Just picked a new scent from Barney's, baby You know I smell like I'm balling You know I ain't used to one night I can have you here in one flight, baby It's just me and you and one bowl They see us on this yacht, they gon' go crazy Your friends know how much you love me But they be still tryna fuck me When it comes to them, I act like I'm rusty Baby I won't lie, just trust me She take it slow then she wind it up I'm showing love but that's not enough Girl, you look fine like wine Loan me some of your time Tell me, can you be my friend? I would like to tell you who I am Baby, will you take me for who I am? I'm a hold the deal up on my end Bang, bang

Last night I thought I died Woke up six feet beneath my bed I opened up my eyes My head on fire can't pretend I ain't been telling lies I call you up to make amends You say "don't even try" You know I'll fuck it up again I feel like I'm running underwater Me against myself I never win And how come all my demons get along but I can't be my friend? So when my future calls I keep my phone on silent Act like it's not my fault I blame it on Verizon I keep romanticizin' All my toxic tendencies If I can't be my own best friend Then I'll be my worst enemy Oh yeah And I feel like I'm running underwater Me against myself I never win And how come all my demons get along but I can't be my friend? And I guess maybe karma finally caught up Swear I know exactly how it ends Oh I know I'm the only one I got but I can't be my friend

When I was young If I just closed my eyes Then I could go anywhere Dream of any place Imagination set the pace And my heart was happy there What a shame that you came Round and told me Said my dreams can't come true "Don't be foolish Give up your wish Big things aren't for you" And how you'd scold and chide me Forever criticize me But now I think I know the truth You were the one Who held me down and told me I was heading nowhere You said know your place Accept your fate and show good face And be thankful that you're there That was so long ago When you owned me I believed it was true Bend me shape me Build me break me Why was I your fool? And now I'm so much stronger I'm not yours any longer I've got a message here for you Time for you to learn It's my turn I won't be held down any longer I've waited all my life and finally it's here It all begins A chance to win A dream that's been a lifetime An endless vast uphill climb The day I've waited for is drawing near Hey wait turn and show your face I've got a lot to say And you're not going anywhere You lose; the time you ruled me's through I'm in control I own my soul And I'll never go back there Wasted years that I spent Never knowing I was kept, I was used Never-ending Condescending Now I just refuse I don't care what it costs me I know I almost lost me Won't spend another day confused You rose I fell Made my life hell Anything to crush my soul Anything to feel control Finally free I've come so far Finally see how sick you are I spent my life degraded But I won't leave here jaded I'll start again and finally prove Time for you to learn It's my turn I won't be held down any longer I've waited all my life and finally it's here It all begins A chance to win A dream that's been a lifetime An endless vast uphill climb The day I've waited for is drawing near

I met a man He had a dream I tried to understand But nothing was what it seemed Sometimes, that's how gods roll We'd sit for hours He'd share his plans To build a universe And make every part by hand A big scheme with an infinite goal So I would watch and listen and try to learn As pieces and bits became whole But there is more going on than the work at hand What I learned had to do with the strength of the soul There's a light that shines And it's power is mine! Though our body's weak and breakable The spirit is indomitable! So, step by step And frame by frame A world's created Its map fashioned from a stain Just dream big then work 'til it grows I learned this lesson We can evolve Achieving anything As long as our heart's resolved Believing will make it so Though our lives are limited by years on Earth Our dreams won't be bound inside The goal's not to live forever 'Cause eternity loves the creations of time There's a light that shines And it's power is mine! Though our body's weak and breakable The spirit is indomitable! Don't be afraid! Get up, get going A step everyday I'll meet you there When we strive, we transcend Even death cannot end our climb! I wasn't ready You can't prepare For the unthinkable For something that's so unfair It's cruel but that's how life goes But through the sadness Thousands of tears We see his message Sparkling and crystal clear Our work is larger than we know! There's a light that shines And it's power is mine! Though our body's weak and breakable The spirit is indomitable!

I like Charlie Daniels and I love big John Cash And I think Waylon "Woktosha" Jennings Is a table thumpin' smash Playin' with Marshall Tucker Band Was as good as smokin' grass But if you don't like Hank Williams You can kiss our ass Cause I think what they done Is well worth doin' And their doin' it the Best way that they can Oh you're the only one That you are screwin' When you put down what You don't understand I love all them Allman Brothers, Merle Haggard, and George Jones Shotgun Willie Nelson and them Rockin' rollin' Stones Everything the Eagles do And I'm in love with Linda Rondstat Anybody that don't like Hank Williams You can kiss our ass Cause I think what they done Is well worth doin' And their doin' it the Best way that they can Oh you're the only one That you are screwin' When you put down what You don't understand I ain't sayin' that he was The first or the last But if you don't like Hank Williams You can kiss our ass