How could she look so fine
how could it be she might be mine
how could she be so cool
I've taken for a fool so many times

It's a story of a man
who works as hard as he can
just to be a man who stands on his own
but the book always burns
as the story takes it's turn
an leaves a broken man

How could she be so cool
how could she be so fine
I owe a favor to a friend
my friends they always come through for me,
yeah

It's a story of a man
who works as hard as he can
just to be a man who stands on his own
but the book always burns
as the story takes it's turn
an leaves a broken man
if you could only live my life
you could see the diference you make to me
to me

I'd look right up at night
and all I'd see was darkness
now I see the stars alright
I wanna reach right up and grabe one for you
when the lights went down in your house
yeah that made me happy
the sweat I make for you
yeah... I think you know where that comes from
guitar, come on

Well I'd look right up at night
and all I'd see was darkness
now I see the stars alright
I wanna reach right up and grabe one for you
when the lights went down in your house
yeah that made me happy
the sweat I make for you
yeah... I think you know where that comes from

How could she look so good (so good)
how could she be so fine
how could she be so cool
how could it be she might be mine

My divorce
from dependence
that's when you found me
I was still soft
and we always
were in trouble
odds stacked against us
and trouble's what we are
we get so far
and then it just starts rewinding
and the same old song
we're playing it again
suspension without suspense

Now that
I've murdered
your inspiration
and I forced you off
do you hate me?
do you want revenge?
I want to call you,
but I won't
we get so far
and then it just starts rewinding
and the same old song
we're playing it again
suspension without suspense

On the pesimistic
protection plan
moderation loving
I've been hardened by the circumstance
we knew this was coming
(this was coming)
we get so far
and then it just starts rewinding
and the same old song
we're playing it again
suspension without suspense

We get so far
and then it just starts rewinding
and the same old song
we're playing it again and again
suspension without suspense
intentions without intent
but I don't want the love we have to end