Everybody plays the fool, sometime
There's no exception to the rule, listen baby
It may be factual, it may be cruel, I ain't lying
Everybody plays the fool
"Can't worry 'bout what's behind you or what's coming for you further up the road
I try not to hold on to what is gone, I try to do right what is wrong
I try to keep on keeping on
Yeah I just keep on keeping on"
I don't know where I'm going
But I sure know where I've been
Hanging on the promises
And songs of yesterday
I know what it means
To walk along, the lonely field of dreams
"Don't the sun look angry through the trees
Don't the trees look like crucified thieves
Don't you feel like Desperados under the eaves
Heaven help the one who leaves."
"
Everyone's telling you
To let go of what you're holding to
It's too late, too far
You're too small, it's too hard
Throwing water on that spark
Living deep inside your heart
With oceans of reasons
The things you're not seeing..."
"...Came without a warning, tore your world apart
Lost dreams and bad memories
Have kept me in the dark, yeah, yeah
You can keep running, running from the shadows of the past..."
"...Here we are about to take the final step now
I just can't fool myself, I know there's no turning back
Face to face it's been an endless conversation
But when the love is gone you're left with nothing but talk
I'd give my everything
If only I could turn you around
But if this is goodbye
Just take my heart when you go
I don't have the need for it anymore
I'll always love you, but you're too hard to hold
Just take my heart when you go..."
Breathe deep the gathering gloom
Watch lights fade from every room
Bedsitter people look back and lament
Another day's useless energy is spent
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one
Lonely man cries for love and has none
New mother picks up and suckles her son
Senior citizens wish they were young
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colors from our sight
Red is grey and yellow-white
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion
"...Follow me maybe we could find
the other side of the rainbow
Come with me don’t just say no
no regret let your heart go
I believe maybe we could find
our faith in love again..."
"...Up on a wing and a prayer
You dare to dream (always remember)
No matter how far you get you'll always be
Small town beautiful
Small town beautiful
What's beautiful is you don't even know
It's hidden in your heart and your soul
Small town beautiful..."