Hootie & The Blowfish (2) lyrics

What else can I do when the tears have all been wasted?
And the only voice you choose to hear
sings the songs of our hearts breaking.
Say your dreams, they all have changed.
Well, my smiles, they all have faded.
And the thoughts that used to seem so pure in my heart,
they now feel jaded.
Because I wanna feel like I did.
And I wanna feel innocence.

Hello, little darlin'.
Can't see why you're cryin'.
Don't even know why you came by so soon.
And I know that you love me.
Remember that you left me.
Why were you so afraid of the truth?
Now, no, no.
Now, no, no.
Hello, how you doing?
Hope I did not ruin any plans you had to pull me through.
So sit down at my table.
We'll talk about and label all the things you claim to be untrue.

You always ask for flowers and candy, baby,
never knowing I was your chocolate rose.
You always tell me that you like what I'm wearing,
but you think I look better here without any clothes.
Get out of my head. Show me your heart.
Get out of my head. Show me your heart.
You play a game of attack and surrender.
Always leaving me halfway there.

I've found a reason to dig deep down.
There's a part of you that I ain't found that's in your deeper side.
Instead of wondering what I should do,
I tried to learn a couple things about you from your deeper side.
Show me your deeper side. (Show me your deeper side)
Show me your deeper side. (Show me your deeper side)
Show me your deeper side. (It's a mystery)

It's been such a long time
since I haven't seen your face.
There's a tear on your cheek
where your smile used to be 'cause I'm going away.
We had such a good time,
though we knew this day might come.
So when you hold me tonight, squeeze a little tighter
'cause in the morning, I'll be gone.
And, I tell you, baby, now, I might be long.
But, I'll come runnin'.
I'll come runnin' home.

I don't care about your man's reputation.
I don't care what you say about him.
All I know is you're some kind of woman,
and, it won't be tonight,
but, girl, you're gonna give in.
Go and give him his walking papers.
Tell him things that he never knew.
Don't you hear what your new man's saying, girl?
Don't you know what you've got to do now?
Go and tell him you can't see him again.

She's always reminding me that things are gonna be alright.
Yes, she's always beside me.
She keeps reminding me that everything will be alright.
I'm so confused.
She's not amused.
'Cause I do way too much thinking.
It's not supposed to be this hard.
So, she calls me out and there's no doubt that I do way too much drinking.
I guess it's got me through this far.

She has a light and a faith that won't die.
She has a heart of a lion and the will to survive.
She has a pretty young daughter back home
who'll soon start to cry when she's gone.
When she's gone. When she's gone. When she's gone.
Now she spends her days with a mission to live.
She loves to laugh, and will offer a hand to forgive.

I see it inside your eyes,
feel it in your soul.
A part of you is moving on,
the other half is gone.
I don't know what you want from me,
no, you lock it all inside.
I try to give you everything,
but there's nothing else that I can hide.
We've been trying so long.
You've been pushing too hard.
You should say what's wrong and echo what's right.
You need a little space and I need mine.

How you gonna say what you can and can't do,
sitting in the crib, parked in front of the tube.
You're mad at the world like she owe you,
What you think opportunity's gonna come looking for you?
Not a damn thing changed.
You're just another football waiting to be tossed in the game.
You're flossing again,
you talk a good game, but you're still trying hard to maintain.

Can you see me there when I'm standing alone?
How did you know I needed you here?
Can you feel the screams from the depth of my soul?
Is that what makes you appear?
See, I often wonder, in the presence of this all,
what we did to become this way.
And, I'll never forget when you whispered to me.
You said, don't worry it'll be ok.
Sometimes the sun calls our names.

I don't think about us much anymore.
Frankly, the topic has become a bore.
And you don't come up much in my conversations.
And I don't think about you on vacation.
Oh, but when it rains.
When it rains. When it rains.
That's when I remember. (I remember)
That's when I remember. (I remember)
I remember you. (Oh, I remember you)
I remember you.
I don't think about you when I'm sleeping.

Now I see the time we had before
is just a passing moment that we can't share anymore.
And I've learned that written words are not the same
as when you take the time to say it
and let the clouds release the rain.
And I wish my dreams alone would bring back my old friends.
Yesterday's just something I can't mend.
And I broke down for my lost brother and I've died for mama, too.