I never looked higher Than I could see Never gave less Than you have given me The more you have taken You turned into fakes I finally know now Why, for heaven sake? Don't tell me you did not see that I cried Don't act so deaf and blind Don't think that if someone's made dumb to the core He would stay like before So, I take my life Back from where the rain grows Die to survive Back from where the rain grows Now you call me liar 'Cause you are just the Always have right, fools majority I think that if someone Starved at your side You'd all turn your back Won't give any dime Don't tell me you did not see that I cried Don't act so deaf and blind Don't think that if someone's been sad to the core He would stay like before So, I take my life Back from where the rain grows Die to survive Back from where the rain grows I take my life (I take my life) Back from where the rain grows Die to survive (die to survive) Back from where the rain grows Don't tell me you did not see that I cried Don't act so deaf and blind Don't think that if someone's been sad to the core He would stay like before I take my life Back from where the rain grows Die to survive Back from where the rain grows I take my life (I take my life) Back from where the rain grows Die to survive (die to survive) Back from where the rain grows (I take my life) Back from where the rain grows (Die to survive) Back from where the rain grows (I take my life, I take my life) Back from where the rain grows (Die to survive, die to survive) Back from where the rain grows

I can close my eyes and it takes me back To two young lovers on that riverbank To the sounds of the wind and the whip-poor-will And the way that your bare skin would feel As we laid in the sun I could see your eyes Blue as the blue in that Southern sky Kisses warm as a wild red rose At the bend in the river where the cottonwood grows And we'd dance And we'd sing And we'd love each other as the pale moon glows At the bend in the river where the cottonwood grows At the bend in the river where the cottonwood grows I can still recall the words you said And the plans we dreamed as we looked ahead But the fork in the river took us separate ways As the years went by, I can't forget those days And I often wonder but I'll never know If we ended up following a different road Would we still be laying by the wild red rose? At the bend in the river where the cottonwood grows And we'd dance And we'd sing And we'd love each other as the pale moon glows At the bend in the river where the cottonwood grows At the bend in the river where the cottonwood grows I can close my eyes and it takes me back To two young lovers on that riverbank

I've reached a decision It's time to rearrange my life We're speaking the same words Although their meaning has changed You're telling me what I want to hear But what's the use when we just don't share The same emotions that brought us together aren't there In this world, nothing lasts forever Was it you who changed or me Should we go our separate ways or stay together Believe me when I say I'm not gonna change I'm not gonna change now If you walk away There's no turning back now I look in the mirror And see a reflection that isn't me It's hard to remember the girl that used to be me In this world, nothing lasts forever Was it you who changed or me Should we go our separate ways or stay together Believe me when I say I'm not gonna change I'm not gonna change now If you walk away There's no turning back now I'm not gonna change I'm not gonna change now If you walk away There's no turning back now (Inst. Break) In this world, nothing lasts forever Was it you who changed or me Should we go our separate ways or stay together Believe me when I say I'm not gonna change I'm not gonna change now If you walk away There's no turning back now I'm not gonna change I'm not gonna change now If you walk away There's no turning back now I'm not gonna change I'm not gonna change now If you walk away There's no turning back now Repeat Fade