I mistook the warnings for wisdom
from so-called friends quick to advise
though your touch was telling me otherwise
Somehow I saw you as a weakness
I thought I had to be strong
Oh but I was just young I was scared
I was wrong

Not a night goes by
I don't dream of wandering through the home that might have been
I listened to my pride when my heart cried out for you
Now everyday I wake again

Dragon tales and the "water is wide"
Pirates sail and lost boys fly
Fish bite moonbeams every night
And I love you

Chorus:
Godspeed, little man
Sweet dreams, little man
Oh my love will fly to you each night on angel's wings
Godspeed
Sweet dreams

The rocket racer's all tuckered out
Superman's in pyjamas on the couch
Goodnight moon, we'll find the mouse
And I love you

Chorus:

I Made a promise to myself
Locked it way deep down inside
Told my heart we'd wait it out
Swore we'd never compromise

Oh I'd rather be alone
Like I am tonight
Than settle for the kind of love
That fades before the morning light

Silence stared me in the face
And I finally heard its voice
It seemed to softly say
That in love you have no choice

Today I got the answer

I took my love and I took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life

Well, Ive been afraid of changing
Cause I built my life around you

[instrumental]

Daddy sits on the front porch swingin'
Lookin' out on a vacant field
Used to be filled with burly N tobacco
Now he knows it never will

Brother found work in Indiana
Sister's a nurse at the old folks home
Momma's still cooking too much for supper
And me, I've been a longtime gone

Been a longtime gone
No I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
Longtime gone
And I ain't coming back again

I'm so close to you baby
But I'm so far away
Theres a silence between us, and there's so much to say
You're my strength you're my weakness
You're my faith your my doubt
We gotta meet in the middle to work this thing out

More Love
I can hear our hearts cryin
More love
I know thats all we need
More love
To flow in between us
To take us and hold us
And lift us above

I wished I was smarter, I wished I was stronger
I wished I love Jesus, the way my wife does
I wish it had been easier, instead of any longer
I wished I could have stood where you would have been proud
That won't happen now, that won't happen now

[chorus]
There's a whole lot of singing that's never gonna be heard
Disappearing everyday without so much as a word somehow

Well there was a little falter at the altar of confession
Down on its knees, true love did fall
After 31 days of sleepless nights, she woke up to end it all.
With "I love you" on a fresh tattoo engraved upon his chest
She tore her name right off his heart
So here's to the unblessed.

Chorus:
Oh love, Oh love, you fickle thing
Such pretty words, and golden rings.

Two days past eighteen
He was waitin' for the bus in his army greens
Sat down in a booth, at a café there
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy, so she gave him a smile
And he said, would you mind sittin' down for awhile
And talkin' to me, I'm feelin' a little low
She said, I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go

So they went down and they sat on the pier

You don't like the sound of the truth
Commin' from my mouth
You say that I lack the proof
Well baby there might be some
I'm gonna get to the end of my life
Find out everyone was lying
I dont think that I'm afraid anymore
Say that I would rather die trying

Chorus
Woah, Swing me way down south
Sing me something brave from your mouth
And I'll bring you pearls of water on my hips

You can't afford no ring
You can't afford no ring
I shouldn't be wearing white
And you can't afford no ring

You finally took my hand
You finally took my hand
It took a nip of gin
But you finally took my hand

You can't afford no ring
You can't afford no ring
I shouldn't be wearing white
And you can't afford no ring

Mama don't approve
Mama don't approve
Daddy says, he's the very best in town