Slow, take it slow

Slow, take it slow

Some people are out of their minds

They don't know which way to go

Don't look at me I'm not that hard to define

There's just one thing you should know

I gotta take it slow

I gotta take it slow

Bad love was easy to find

You bought whatever he sold

Next time around you outta do what your mamma told you

Stand your ground, Don't mess around, you've got to

Take it slow

You've gotta take it slow

Good love is hard to find

But I can feel that it's near

My heart is open to whatever this time

There's nothing to be feared

If I can take it slow

If I can take it slow

Slow, take it slow

Slow, take it slow

You and I, we're such a wonderful pair

But knock one thing out of line

You're acting out now and I'm not going there

If we're gonna make it this time 

We gotta take it slow

We gotta take it slow

Slow, take it slow

Slow, take it slow

We've gotta take it slow

We've gotta take it slow

Thought I'd be over this by now

Thought I'd forget you somehow

What's wrong I don't feel right

Caught in this blue moonlight

Riding high, Ten miles of open sky

But nowhere left to run

Feel like a broken gun

Can't hold the pain inside

The years went by so slow

Forlorn, my heart was trapped

So lost I did not know

There ain't no going back

Riding high, Ten miles of open sky

But no one left to hold

It's time I've got to go

Forget this wasted time

Now I'm free, see what it's done to me

Alone when things go south

Inside but looking out

No one here but me

Ten miles of open sky

No bridges left to burn

By now you'd think I'd have learned

Just how to say Goodbye

Sometimes I find myself acting kind of strange 

Waiting on a corner for you, standing in the rain

But then the feelings resolve to something true

And I can see that I am filled with thoughts of you

It's on my mind - that I could love you

I need to tell you, that I can see

A place for us, where we can be 

Happy, happy, happy, happy

Do you ever find yourself, thinking of me

Of the future we might have, and if it's meant to be

I see you watching me, what do you find

Are you afraid that you might lose yourself this time

Take a chance and let me love you

I have to tell you, that I can see

A place for us, where we can be

Happy, happy, happy, happy

Where we can be

Happy, happy, happy, happy

I will be yours if you love me

I need to tell you, that I can see

A place for us, where we can be

Happy, happy, happy, happy

Where we can be

Happy, happy, happy, happy

Days go by and I wonder why

People do the things they do

Cheat and lie, laugh and cry

Heaven knows that what they've done

We've done

Days go by, never knowing why

Go around again 

Go around and around and around again

God knows we tried, but I still wonder why

You decided you couldn't stay by my side

Right down to the last, I thought we were past it

Still it seems like you gave up just like that

Just like that

Days go by, never knowing why

Go around again 

Go around and around and around again

Passions lie but I never saw the signs

They disappear when I turn around

I lost my nerve, you lost your heart

Two desperate souls just playing their part

And falling apart

Days go by, never knowing why

Go around again 

Go around and around and around again

 

I've been around and I swear 

There ain't nothing that I couldn't have found

Still one thing is true

I searched in vain 

I searched in vain 

I searched in vain when I lost you

She sits there waiting for him to come home

He shows up late as if nothing is wrong

He's away working nearly all of the time

She needs to talk but she lets him unwind

Love can be easy 

Or love could be hard 

But know that

Love was meant to be bittersweet

He brings her flowers - shes asleep on the couch

He cleans off the table and he lets the dog out

Moonlight through the window catches her hair

He whispers "I love you" and maybe she hears

Love can be easy 

Or love could be hard 

But know that

Love was meant to be bittersweet

All you ever wanted was not to be alone

But then somewhere along the way

Love became your home

The doorbell keeps ringing and the party's begun

She's pouring drinks and he says "I'll have one"

If just for a night they're the talk of the town

Everyone's dancing and he spins her around

Love can be easy 

Or love could be hard but

Love was meant to be bittersweet

Bittersweet, bittersweet

Bittersweet, bittersweet

Walking down the road out of time out of place

Blisters on my toes, tears roll down my face

Where did you go, Where did you go

Only Yesterday I heard your voice on the phone

So many plans, you're branching out in new directions

Striking out on your own

But I couldn't go there with you 

I just couldn't go

How could I know what this would all be leading up to?

How could I know?

I remember your smiles the most

You could light me up more than any wine

I remember the times we'd toast

To our future life or so we thought

Stepping in from outside

Hung my coat and locked the door behind me

Dropped my keys on the table

Without your voice to remind me

I remember your smiles the most

You could light me up more than any wine

I remember the times we'd toast

To our future life or so we thought

I remember your smiles the most

You could light me up more than any wine ever could

I remember the times we'd toast

To our future life 

Or so we thought, or so we thought, or so we thought

I remember when I met you some years ago

You were special right from the start

The way you looked at me with that pixie smile 

Made me forget about my troubles for a while

Now I'm looking for you

Cause I want to be closer to you

I need to be closer to you

Saw you again in the strangest of places

You were walking down my street in your bare feet 

Your eyes were playing as your hips were swaying  

My heart was drifting and it nearly missed a beat

Now I'm looking for you again

Cause I want to be closer to you

I need to be closer to you

I want to be closer to you

Yeah I need to be closer to you

Come up to my place we'll play some music

I'll make up the words and you can sing along 

You add a dance step and I'm about to move in

The Birds are singing and you say "I love that song"

No more looking for you

Cause I'm gonna be closer to you

Yeah I'm gonna be closer to you

I'm gonna be closer to you

I like the way you walk 

I like the way you talk

I like the way you sing 

You are so curious you notice everything

Never met anyone like you 

Never met anyone like you

I look into your eyes and see what you've been through

Never met anyone like you

I like the way you smile

The way you look at me and listen all the while

I like the way you breathe 

And when we're close nothing else matters to me

Never met anyone like you

Never met anyone like you

I look into your heart and see what it can do

Never met anyone like you

I like the way you move 

Like you've seen everything - got nothing left to prove

I like the way you love

Giving your energy to everything you touch

Never met anyone like you 

Never met anyone like you

I look into your eyes there's nothing I can do

I've fallen for someone like you

Never felt love like this before

Never knew someone like you

My heart was closed and then you opened up the door

Now I've found something true inside of me

Because of you, you

Someone like you, you

Someone like you, you

Someone like you, you

Someone like you

Here I am on the Fourth of July

Fixing me up some brisket and pie

Maybe later I'll go down to the creek

Skip some stones and cool off my feet

Oh the water is so cool!

I like the way it tickles my toes

Ain't the same though without my Gertie

Now that she's up, up and gone away

My gal don't come round no more

Went off to find her own way

Was it me that made her walk out the door?

I'd ask about it but she couldn't say

Driving north in the my old pickup truck

Like me and Gertie used to do

Up to the city that she liked so much

I'm hoping I could find her there

The skyscrapers reached up so high

I looked up & got some dirt in my eye

Stepped in the road - was almost hit by a bus

Then some street folk came and took me for a ride

Folks round here they play a different tune

I hope my Gertie turns up soon

They say that I don't understand the rules

Ain't none these folks heard of a lazy afternoon?

I told myself I would never give up

But Gertie don't want to be found

Sure the city's fine but I've had enough

I'm going back to my home town

Must'a been dreamin - I woke up again

Back in town under the sycamore tree

Thought I heard her barking, turned and looked around

Gertie was right there with me!

She was right there with me

Today's a good day

Today's the best day

Today's a wonderful day

It won't be long till we get there

Where we going to? Nowhere

Can you tell me how we'll Get there

Cause I've been searching for a mighty long time

Don't you know that we're already there

Don't you know that we're already there

When I see you now

I can remember the time

That we met down on Bleeker street

And I knew you were gonna be mine

Yeah we could sit and talk

Till that place closed down

Stumbling the empty streets

With nobody else around

And you'd ask me...

Where we going to? Nowhere

Can you tell me how we'll Get there

Cause I've been searching

For a mighty long time

Don't you know that we're already there

When tomorrow comes we're gonna follow the sun

That's what we're gonna do

Why don't you come along

And you'll see it's true

That we made it

Where we're going to - Nowhere

Can you tell me how we'll get there

Cause I've been searching for a mighty long time

Don't you know that we're already there

Where you going to - Nowhere

Can you tell me how we'll get there

Cause I've been searching for a mighty long time

Don't you know that we're already there

Don't you know that we're already there