Daybreak pressing on the windowpane
No music playing no morning rain
Nothing but feelings leading me on
I'm just talking to you while you sleep in my arms


As long as I'm here on Earth
Baby you'll be my baby
All of my love’s in these simple words
Baby you'll be my baby
As long as I'm here on Earth


Ooo, life isn't perfect and never will be
But it doesn't matter 'cause you're perfect for me
Through heartaches and mistakes, passion and pain
Down to my last breath I'll call your name


Oh yes, listen to me now
Just as long as I’m living
Just as long as I’m living baby.
Are you listening to me now
Oh yeah, just as long as I’m with you
Just as long, just as long oo, oo
Oh as I’m here on Earth, oh, oh,oh
Just as long as I'm with you.
Just as long, just as long oo, oo
Oh as I’m here on Earth,
Just as long as I'm with you.
Just as long as I'm with you baby, oo, oo
Oh listen to me when I’m saying something
Just as long as I'm with you
Just as long, just as long oo, oo, oo hoo
Oh yeah, just as long as I’m with you.

Worked all his life in the rail yards
Summer heat winter cold
He sits by the fire, this year he’ll retire
He don’t really feel all that old
She comes in from the kitchen
And sits on the arm of his chair
He looks up and says hey lady I love you
Runs his fingers through her hair

There’s a picture on the wall of Jesus in the garden
It’s been there since they got the house in ’53
It ain’t no big deal won’t ever go down in history
It’s just a little story of an American family

She waited for him in World War II
He fought the European campaign
Their son John spent two years in 'Nam
That war, it wasn’t the same
Billy’s out in L.A. he’s a lawyer now
They worry he’s so far away
Jeannie got married, she lives here in town
They’re comin’ over with the kids today

When I was a young boy I would dream about life
And wonder just how sweet it would be
Baby I got lucky when I met you that night
Now you'll always have this promise from me

No matter how high I get
I'll always look up to you
You’ll always be number one
I'll settle for number two
You've always been there for me
Baby, I must confess
I'll always look up to you
No matter how high I get

Up here on the mountain it gets crazy sometimes
So crazy I don't know what to do
When I've had it up to here with all of their lies
I can count on you to tell me the truth

You are the one that turned me around
You help me keep my feet on the ground

I sent you candy and a dozen roses
I put my heart into a card three pages long
And now here I sit a-waiting getting older than Moses
For the answer I’ve been fearing all along

Now I knew there were wicked women in the city
Who scattered shattered dreams like fools gold on the ground
I just didn’t know that they would be so heartbreak pretty
Or that one single icy laugh could cut me down
 

Because I’ve always tried to keep my pride
There’s one last desperation measure I haven’t tried

If I was to start crying, show my innermost feelings
If I was to break down on my bended knees and just plead my case
Would it thaw your frozen heart a little
Would you show some compassion
Would you only feel pity and then compel to turn me away
Would you only feel pity and turn me away

My walls catch all my anger
Your satin perfumed pillows catch my tears
Oh how I wish tonight that I could be that stranger
Whose hearing all your same old lies through brand new ears

The daylight hours are dying
The night is breaking clear
In the distance a boy and his daddy arrive
On a beat up old John Deere
Supper’s on the table
Son quittin' time is nigh
Set these wheels straight for the barn
It’s time that you and I
 

Are turning for home
Kick off these workin' shoes and rest these weary bones
The best part of any day is when the job is done
And you’re turning for home

There’s a letter in the mailbox
From a soldier overseas
His mother runs from the kitchen
She opens it up and reads
Mom I hope this letter finds you well and strong
You and Dad and sister take care
I pray that it won’t be long

Till I’m turning for home
Kick off these walking shoes and rest these weary bones
The best part of going no matter where you roam
Is the turning for home

Now I have been a wanderer
On the wings of a restless wind
Fast trains and back roads
Places I’ve never been
I found every answer
When I fell in love with you
You took me straight to your heart
For the first time I knew

I was turning for home
Kick off these walking shoes and rest these weary bones
The best part of going no matter where you roam
Is the turning, turning, turning for home

The mystery of you and me
Is colored blue on blue
We wanted more than we could give
We couldn’t see it through

You won’t believe
These words from me
But still they’re mine to say
I will always love you
In my own crazy way

I’ve tried to keep my sanity
By being someone else
Someone that you
Could hold on to
I only fooled myself

I knew the part
But in my heart
The role I couldn’t play
But I will always love you
In my own crazy way

I know I didn’t do the little things
That could make a woman’s heart sing
Forgive me
Darling if I brought you any pain
I’m trying to explain
In my heart I was always true

But memories of you and me
Are written on the wind
And sometimes girl
I’d give the world
To do it all again

And if you need
To call on me
Woh I won’t be far away
I will always love you
In my own crazy way

Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, don’t give up.
You’ve gotta know that time is on your side
Don’t give up, don’t give up
Don’t give up, no, no
When things get thin
You’ve got to give in
Just don’t give up

Now in this world of give and take
One observation you can make
It’s a long hard road until the day you die
But you’ve got plenty on your side
You just take it all in stride
Don’t let the set backs hang you out to dry

So you just listen here to me
One little problem don’t make three
Your obstacles don’t need a helping hand
If you just take one at a time
You’ll make it easier to climb
And scale that wall into the Promised Land

Now you may say that I’m a fool
But I say patience is a tool
You’ve got to smell the smoke to put out the fire
Good simple answers are the game
You’ve got no-one but you to blame
Remember this when you get down to the wire

When you see that heavy cloud in front of you
Back off until you see it where the mountain meets the sky
Recharge yourself until you know just what you’ve got to do
Then settle down with the peddle down and fly

You’re that one special woman
I’d thought I’d never find
With a strength to be gentle
And the courage to be kind
Though it hasn’t all been roses
I know you’ll understand
One of these nights when
We’re sharing our dreams
I’m gonna take you by the hand

And lay you down on a bed of roses
In that peaceful shelter only love can provide
I’ll lay you down on a bed of roses
And then I’ll lay me down right by your side

There’s no diamond on your finger
Just a simple wedding band
Seems your knight in shining armor
Is just an ordinary man
Though I promised you a kingdom
And we don’t have all we planned
One of these nights when
We’re making believe
I’m gonna take you by the hand

Well they moved away from the farms they did not own
To live happily ever after on a G.I. loan
The future was looking bright back in ‘52
‘Neath the shadow of atomic bombs and the baby boom

You could take a walk downtown without being afraid
And hey, who’s the better center fielder, Mantle or Mays
There was chicken in every pot even when times were lean
We thought everybody had a shot at the American dream

Every mother was supposed to look like Donna Reed
Father knew what was best for you and me
Our lives were etched on eight millimeter frames
As we grew up in houses that all looked the same

But there was trouble on the other side of town
It was a time when people began to stand their ground
Arm in arm they stood as they cried let freedom ring
Everybody wanted to share the American dream

Dream on children, dream on
Don’t let anybody tell you the dream is gone
As long as there’s a God above
Keep on praying we never wake up
Keep on dreaming the American dream

There’s medals on the wall I got back in ‘69
And the quarter acre piece of heaven I call mine
As I turn off the cable and put my babies to bed
I kiss'em goodnight and whisper under my breath