Hootie & the Blowfish

I wonder
Why are we involved with the seasons?
And the living of our own
Let me see if nothing’s wrong
I just want to be the one

She wanted
You still give her all our lives
Let her be, son, who is she buying?
See her crawl, I’ll just make it out now
(Now)

(We don’t see it bleeding)
I want to fly with you
(Something no one’s needing)

I left the other day but you’re never here
You only listen to things you want to save
But the power, it’s okay with you
You knew I’d find something else to do
(Now)

Let me be the one
(We don’t see it bleeding)
I wanna fly, I wanna die with you
(Something no one’s)

See it’s not like they
Are gonna take my faith away
Let me in, it’s okay now
Close the door

Is it really needing?
When you find a pace that’s only yours
Just go he beams, well I’ve died for good now
Let me feel it, let her come, let her run, let her run
(Now)

Let me be the one
(We don’t see it bleeding)
I can’t feel it, I can’t see it
I, I feel dumb
(Something no one’s needing)
I feel dumb
(We don’t see it, feel it)
Dumb
Dumb

I know she said
Before you left me you were free
So I’ll just lay me down
Control has left me
And I can’t feel another thing
So let me turn around
Do you really want to play these games
Just to keep things going
Or are you ready now to let it be
It’s like sometimes you want to see the rain
But the sun gets in your eyes
And you want to die now
Control has left me
And I can’t feel another thing
So let me turn around
I see I see
But things just couldn’t be the same
So let me hold you down
Never let me down I swore to you
But now I lied
I’m here to make it all seem worthwhile
You want I know
But I’ll have to try
To find a way to make me quiet now
Control has left me
And I can’t feel another thing, so let me turn around
I see I see
But things just couldn’t be the same
So won’t you hunt her down
I know she said
Before you left me you were free
So I’ll just lay me down

Staring back at you
Did you see my lips
Or were you smiling right in front of me?

Your father called my name
Then he smiled with great relief
‘Cause it wasn’t me that you were clinging to

He made you turn around
You do that thing you do
And then you laughed with me

I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know but I’m makin’ time to call
I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know but she’s watching me leave

Just wish they’d turn around
Just wish they’d try to see
But they don’t understand and that’s alright with me, I’m leaving now

Going down to tucker’s town
Where I can lie for free
Nobody stares at me and I’d love to hurt the population

She called last night
I said, “I’m about to leave”
Then I heard him scream, “I’ll pack your bags”, ’cause

I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know but I’m makin’ time to call
I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know but I’m leaving here

To see the world through your rosy glasses
I’ll teach you to fly but they teach greed
We live the belt but I can bleed

I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know, I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know, I, I, I, what I can’t see, what I can’t see
Well I don’t know, I, what I can’t see
I don’t know, I, I, I

I fall in, she sees me and smiles
Then she starts to hate herself again
She screams something under her breath
That I wouldn’t know if she said it out loud

She turns over to start a conversation
With a man that no one else can see
She dreams of lovin’ me sometimes
And she makes me see what we’ve been missin’

It’s like I never knew anyone so strong before
She brings the man outta me
And she makes me see that they don’t matter

I believe, we see her playin’ with another
She runs around you and then
It’s like the sun goes down
And she crawls away again

She wears white pants
A Miami sweater
She says that she loves the O’s
So Uncle Dean will come by

Her smile is like sunshine
Her tears hurt like leather
She runs the show, she lets me know
Says it’s all about being the only

It’s like someone said you could have one good thing in your life
She couldn’t be your type
I didn’t plan for your smile
But you make me laugh when you stand dreamin’

I believe, we see her layin’ with another
She runs around you and then
It’s like the sun goes down
And she crawls away again

Where were you yesterday?
Now that my heart is wild and free
And my lips have room to wander

How can I say you’re needin’ me now?
When I’ve got a plan
I know you don’t understand why my heart is sorry now

I believe, we see her waitin’ with another
She runs around you and then
And like the sun goes down
And he crawls

I believe, we see her waitin’ with another
She runs around you and then
It’s like the sun goes down
And he crawls away again

It’s so hard to breathe right now
Livin’ things without a friend of mine
Air just fillin’ every bit, of every end, of every mind
You thought you could feel

And it’s maybe six a m
And no one wants to be with me
So I’m callin’ out to someone and somethin’
That I don’t know so well
And, ohh, I’m free

If I can’t find the warmth in my summer
And if I can’t find the light in my day
I just look to my friends and we’ll see our troubles away
You make me feel so strange

Won’t you let me breathe the air?
I want to hold on to right now
Won’t you let me read a book about
Somebody’s queen, came back for me and, ohh

I see bridges in my eyes
An’ I see mornings left for the children
I see people holdin’ back
Tryin’ to find another reason so they can walk away
And it makes me scream and I pray

If you can’t find the warmth in my summer
And if I can’t find the light in my day
I just look to my friends and I’ll see our troubles away
You make me feel so strange

It will never end ’cause we don’t speak
It will never just die
So why don’t you call the man
And, tell him to come over here and just clean up my pride

If I can’t find the warmth in my summer
And if I can’t find the light in my day
I just look to my friend and we’ll see our little troubles away
You make me feel so strange

If I can’t find the warmth in my summer
And if I can’t find the light in my day
I just look to my friend and I’ll see our, see our troubles away

If I can’t find the warmth in my summer
And if I can’t find the light in my day
I just look to my friend and we’ll see our
See our, see our little troubles away
You make me feel so strange

Well, an old man said to me
In a voice filled with pain
“Where you going, young man?”
Said, “I’m going to fight a war
Gonna fight for my country in some foreign land”

He said, “The sun will never hurt you
Never harmed anyone, but you must realize
If you try to stare her down
She will win in the end
She will burn your eyes, she will burn them”

Seen a million places
Seen a million faces die
Well, I wonder, who will walk with me
When I get to Heaven

He said, “Boy I was young once
Yeah, I was tough, sailing on Uncle Sam’s boat
Hey, I could kill the enemy
I could die on foreign streets
But I could not vote”

“But now you walk by me
You won’t talk to me, say this is my fate
But every time you walk, the streets, boy
Most of them you meet, you see
It’s you they hate, it’s you, yeah”

Seen a million faces
Seen a million places die, places die
Well, I wonder who will walk with me
When I get to Heaven, I hope I get there

Seen a million places
Seen a million faces die
Well, I wonder, who will walk with me
When I get there

See this woman sitting next to me?
She’s been there for a long, long, time
And when I fell, she picked me up
And when I cried, she wiped my tears
I thank God she’s mine

And when I leave this world
She won’t have anything, but her love for me
Well, the man took everything else
He made me hate myself, so just let her be, boy
Won’t you let her be? Yeah

Seen a million places
Seen a million faces die
Seen a million mothers cry
Seen a million brothers dying

But I wonder who will walk with me
When I get there, when I get to Heaven
I hope I get there
When I get to Heaven, yeah

Another reason to doubt me
Another teardrop falls
Can’t wait for a friend when loneliness calls
Another kiss in the basement
Pour salt on my tongue
No one cries for heroes left unsung

Look at me when I’m talking to you
Look at me in the eyes
Then look away and tell me why, why

Another tasteless movie
Another kiss goodnight
Could be a dark oasis in my life
Another icon smashed to pieces
By yesterday’s romance
Another hated person no more chances

Look at me when I’m talking to you
Look at me in the eyes
Then look away and tell me why, why

Playin’ with a happy boy
A cold place for a man
Familiar faces in a foreign land

The hands kept spinning around the face
But the earth stopped cold at dawn
For a moment, then moved on
For a moment, then moved on

I like the Steelers in ’75
I only like the Broncos when they come alive
Like the Redskins in ’83
And when the Dolphins are playn’ well
Well, yeah well they’re the team for me

‘Cause I’m Fairweather Johnson
(Johnson)
Yeah, yes I’m Fairweather Johnson
(Johnson I like the braves in ’95)

Like the Braves in ’95

Fly inside, feel me dealing
Holding on to a story just told
About a man who’s the life of a funeral
Grabbin’ on to a woman who’s soul

He just stole for a dream he don’t believe in
Now she sits and she yells for a smile
“Don’t let the sun make me feel lonely”
Oh let me in, let me in, let me in

Is it me
Or is it honey

We all seem to hold to something we don’t see
Is he here, is he there, where does he live?
Some people say in the pull of a heartbeat
Some people say in the mind of a stranger
I can’t explain what it is I believe in
So take your heart, take your mind and escape

Is it me
Or is it honey
Is it me
Or is it honey

Is it me trying to raise your little children
Is it me trying to take your little flame
Why are you trying to steal my Judgment Day away?
Let me scream, let me scream, let me scream
Don’t take it away

Another day in the arms of the real thing
Another day in the eyes of a fool
I called today just to make me feel hopeless
Lie to me and I’ll try to believe

Could we do it again
If he asked how it felt
And I didn’t say this time

You tried to scare me
With empty thoughts
That means not a thing
‘Cause I’m down behind you

Could we swing it again
If I changed how he looked
And turned to the right to bend

You live with somethin’
That I can’t explain
But your face cracks a smile
When you see it shinin’

You feel things in your own way
And I’m supposed to lay down
And bow to you, yeah

I’m tired of bailin’ hay
For somethin’ that I can’t see
I don’t want to be you
You don’t want to be me
Just let it breathe

If the moon goes up tomorrow
And I’m down on a farm
And you don’t believe
Whose writin’ with me

Keep your hands to yourself
Keep your mind to yourself
Keep your breath to yourself
Let me float on by you

You see things in your own way
And I’m supposed to lay down
And bow to you, oh

I’m tired of bailin’ hay
For somethin’ that I can’t see
You don’t want to be me
I don’t want to be you

It’s so very necessary
It’s so delectable to see a stone
Well, it’s so impossible to find a reason
When you’re standin’ there
Watchin’ me now

Could we live it again
If we dressed just the same
And held on to lovers when
We couldn’t really live with anyone
See mostly ourselves so just go on lyin’

You feel things in your own way
And I’m supposed to lay down
And bow to you, oh

I’m tired of bailin’ hay
For someone that I can’t see
I don’t want to be you
You don’t want to be me
Just let it breathe, let it breathe

One thing’s for sure, I just can’t find the way to
To let it seem like all is wrong inside my den
“Hold back, breathe easy”, she said to me
Go somewhere and change your mind, just let me sleep

I’ve been living in a lesson
Please just come inside and listen

Is it anger at life or are you happy to be with me?
Are you seeing someone?
Or will your faith go with no other man?
Come on, let me dream

I’ve been living in a lesson
Please just come inside and listen
No need to worry ’bout all the lying
Please just come inside

It’s a thing to make me wanna go
See another that makes me doubt

I’ve been living in a lesson
Please just come inside and listen
No need to worry about all the lying, all the changing
Please just come inside
I’ve been living in a lesson
Please just come inside

Saw you last night you were sleepin’ in my mind
Doubtin’ you’ll ever be free again
Then I climbed back inside, someone open my eyes
To find me drunk again, Bonnie on the radio
And she was singing low “Give it up or let me go”

Every night there is one more
Every night there is two more sayin’
I shouldn’t be feelin’ the pain
I better grow up now or go insane

There’s so much I feel
So much I conceal
There’s just so many things I can be

Someone write the story of 5 points
No one wanted to know me
Now they all have opinions of what we do
So they go down to Bar None so we can have a drink or two

Can’t write a story from the trees
I know somewhere she’s watchin’ me
Saying “Boy carry your load
Oh I don’t want to go back on the road now”

There’s so much I feel
So much I conceal
There’s just so many places to see and faces I can read
Ohh there’s just so many things I can be

You put a rose in my hand
Put a dollar in my pocket
But you don’t understand
How the days grow longer
The sky is black as night
I see the morning, but you won’t see the light

I thought about you for a long, long time
I wrote about you
But the words don’t seem to rhyme
And now you’re lying here
But my heart still beats for you

I had a dream about you
You sat right down beside me
And you told me we were through
It was all so real and you told me reasons why
Brought me to the window
And you taught me how to fly

I thought about you for a long, long time
I said, “I love you but we just don’t have the time”
And now you’re lying here
But my heart still beats for you

I thought to hold you for a long, long time
You said, “I love you but my heart won’t seem to chime in”
And now you’re lying here
And my heart still beats for you
I’m tryin’, and my heart still beats for you

Eyes like an infant
Staring me down
She’ll take anything that’s not tied up
In my glorious past

It’s just 4 days ’til Sunday
When I say that I’m gone
Little one screams, you cry
Tell the pain, to leave me alone

It’s just 2 days ’til Monday
Another week ’til the 4th
Is anyone listenin’ or
Should I call on the Lord?

Oh believe me
That sometimes I leave, sometimes I see
Then I live a dream that won’t come true
And I struggle with life when I’m lonely

Someone called my name
Out loud about 4 a m
It wasn’t you so I let her in
Just to see what she wanted

She left screaming ’cause I
I called her by your name
But the next day she came to call
And we finished our game

Alright now
Some days I breathe, some days I see
Then I live a dream that won’t come true
And I struggle with time when I’m lonely

She plays piano right at Shandon
On the other side of Rosewood
You said he wasn’t your type
But you went anyway

You left screamin’ and
You thought you would
Call him by my name
Oh and you whisper

Why do I do this?
I can’t go through this
Why do I do this, why?

Why oh, compare?
‘Cause, some days I breathe and sometimes I leave
Then I live a dream that won’t come true
And I struggle with life when I’m lonely