Awake early morning the sun's shining into my eyes,
god don't change it,
I could live my life out on open roads now.
grab the wheel, floor the pedal
and speed into something that's new,
something different.
Don't you ask, just drive and take me away from here.
I see the clouds in the sky so high.
Eyes wander to my watch, think "do we have time?"
And if we don't will we get by
Just think no road and it will make you wanna cry.
Awake late at night, the moon's casting all of our light,
god don't change it.
I could live my life out on open roads now.
Gas it up, hit the bathroom
and get to the next show 1300 miles west.
All we think is where we're gonna be sleeping next.

The slightest whisper of your voice
and my whole world comes apart,
hoping to wake up not alone, lying here with you.
Fall asleep with the radio on, song about you till I'm gone.
Set your watch back and remember what you felt.
Remember the hours that we spent writing names on the stair case,
know that when I close me eyes, all I see is your face.

Thank you for the sleepless nights;
I wish I could repay you for them.
Thank you for the best years of my life.
For this I thank you with these tears.
This is my last try now
Before I go
Don't you see me listening
I said all goodbyes by now
Stop before I go
And hear me cry
You were never there for them
and this one's for not showing me you care
and living lies through me,
ignoring every plea with your phony sincerity.
Because of you I hate.
Because of you I feel left out, can't trust, can't smile.
Can't laugh, can't sleep, can't dream.
Be real; you're fake.
Can't look you in the eyes anymore

Like a dream that will never come true.
The blue of her eyes I see through (to me).
But those eyes can't catch a glimpse of her in mine.
Stare deep in the ocean the waves knock me down.
I get up, I don't give up.
It's always too tough to let the heartbeat skip.
As long as I have a piece of her heart, how can I go wrong?
Don't deny my feelings only suppress them the waves are getting bigger.

I'm falling asleep here in my bed.
I close my eyes and just see red or is it green or is it blue?
I don't know should I just 'fess up
and try to block out the light that's running through my head?
I'll be drinking 'til it's dawn
and I'll be thinking all night long
about the things I should have said to myself
that warm summer Tuesday morning.
There's still indecision in my eyes.
Yes, even after over one hundred tries I'm becoming too lethargic
just to wonder what I should be thinking anymore.
I'll just pass out here on this cold wooden floor.

I've never had something that I would call a future.
Forever is just a concept that's never worth thinking.

I want something more than this one,
I'll take my time this time
just to try to find me somewhere my blood runs cold each day.
I find nothing.

Life can't get me out of its teeth,
it tried to chew me up and spit me out.
But to me it's tongue in cheek that I will die without doubt,
kicking and screaming, asking life for simple ways out.

I've always done nothing
And thought I would just make it
Forever is just a concept
That's never worth thinking

I think about you nightly, I think of how we might be,
I with that I could throw it all away.
And maybe start all over, cause we're just getting older,
I'm leaving now but I'll be back someday.
I'm on the train to NYC all alone
just wondering with the thought of you to take up all of my time,
I close my eyes and slip away,
take me back to that one day
when I held you in fear that you would leave me soon.
Your words still echo softly, the night that you just left me,
if I saw you know I don't know what I would say.
Or maybe I'd still hold you, those things I said still hold true,
I'm leaving now and I'll be back someday.

This is something I will never say to you;
You've heard it all before.
The way I feel about those times that I once cried,
a thousand times before.
Summer's here and I will never speak to you.
These precious memories and the way you thought
you'd be from the first time I saw your face,
to the last time I was in this place.
You had it all together then until you sold it all to heroin.
And now im giving up.
I wish I could just say those things you told me
once before about not giving up.
I miss you now you've died in dreams a thousand times before.
Like a long rope from an old tree, hangs a good friend.
But only in dreams, I drip dry tears; when will I see you again?
I'll never see you again.
Summer's gone and I will never speak to you.
With a needle in your arm and the red light on,
would you clean up for a song?
Well here it is, it's for the better, this one's for Dawn.

Step back, glance at all the things you've done in your time.
Step up to the starting line and don't look back.
Wake up, don't choke, digest everything you wanna do.
You'll never get this chance again, it won't come.
Something inside
will take your mind of it all,
when you don't think twice,
everything will work itself out
Shut up, don't whine, things will start to come in good time.
You've got time to start over again.
Sleep now, dream how good it could be for you now.
Step back, glance at everything.

Excuse me Mr. Apathy.
The guillotine has dropped; another victim of you is what I see.
The whole town eggs obnoxiously,
forcing you out on a killing spree.
It's not enough to spill the blood of those on the soil.
In microwaves go torsos covered solely in foil.
Excuse me, Mr. Simple Mind, you're the kind that kills.
Another victim of you is what I see.
The whole crowd eggs obnoxiously.
Rebels gagged and bound lack their pride.
And receive no respect at all.

A million miles away you seem so far from me.
In that time I've see what we could grow to be.
Those calls I need from you they serve me like a drug,
to hear your voice I think there's no one else that I could love.
Idealistic I know it serves me right.
I just want our hearts to fall in love and be tight.
Since you left me here I haven't been the same.
I can't comprehend that you're gone and time makes pain.
You are so fary away from me
and I just can't be myself without you,
there's something about you, I just can't be myself without you

The Kodak next to me, is what puts me to sleep,
and sends me to a place where you're always there.
Through wood bed board I peek, I see me kiss your cheek,
I close my eyes and you're kissing my lips.
The weekends I live for,
what did I do before I had your Courtney?
You showed me the happiness.
And I'll hold all the pictures real close,
then press them up against me
and hope that I'll get one more minute, of being with you.
The Kodak's next to me, our love puts me to sleep,
and sends me to a place where you're always there.
And in my dreams I see a picturesque you and me,
I'm so in love and I know that you really see.
Everyday I live for, I say goodnight once more with you,
Courtney, You showed me the happiness.