Good girls walk fast
In groups of three
Fast girls walk slow
On side streets
Sometimes the girls who walk alone
Aren't found for days or weeks

On the busy boulevards
Bad boys call you names
And cruise you hard
Bullies laugh and grin and beat
Your soft skin against
The cold concrete

I'm 3,

You were lost and got lucky
Came upon the shore
Found you were conquering America
You spoke of peace
But waged a war
While you were conquering America

There was land to take
And people to kill
While you were conquering America
You served yourself
Did God's will
While you were conquering America

The ghost of Columbus haunts this world
'Cause you're still conquering America

I believe in mistakes and accidents
That the nature of life is chaos and confusion
That man's rules of law and order
May not stand

And I should be and be not afraid
To reach for heaven

I may think that I know
The true heart's needs
But my pride may bring me low
Unable to see
I'm no closer than yesterday
But tomorrow I may stand

And be and be not afraid
To reach for heaven

I may beg
Beg for money
I may lie and lay my body down
Sell what I would give with love
One day before Easter comes
But I won't let Jesus find me

I walk I eat I sleep
In these streets I may be found
Alive or dead or just reborn
One day before Easter comes
But I won't let Jesus find me

Jesus knows what I've done
I won't let him lift me up
Before I can turn
To look for him

If you knew that you could die today
You saw the face of God and love
Would you change
Would you change

If you knew that love can't break your heart
When your down so low you cannot fall
Would you change
Would you change

How bad, how good does it need to get
How many losses, how much regret
What chain reaction would cause an effect

Makes you turn around
Makes you try to explain

Don't dwell on the past
Love that was lost and didn't last
That summer bloom is fading fast
But I'm falling for you

Don't dwell on the pain
Tears you've cried
And autumn rain
That fair weather's here and gone again
But I'm waiting for you

Don't dwell on the loss
The fool that would steal break and toss
That winter's heart will spurn and double-cross
But I'm yearning for you

No picnic no barbecue out in the back
A yard for parked cars left to rot and forget
For chained-up mad dogs for garbage to sit
Get lost get lost a part from it

I can't see through it
But i can see past
With me with me always
Without going back

Just people and buildings
Not city or town
Great lake crooked river
Flat land water burns
The air not smoke
It tears the eye

I want you
Try to forget her
In your heart
You know that she'll never
Love you love you love you

I want you
Try to forget her
She won't call
Or write you a letter
Of love love love's proof

I want you
Try to forget her
Give her time
And you'll wait forever
For love love love's proof

It's not in the stars
It's all in the proof
The chances the odds
The one you love will love

Say I have known some
Less than I should
Say I have known some
Too well for my own good
Say I'm a saint of mercy
Say I'm a whore
I've been a lot of things
But never yours

I wear my mama's dress
Her finest clothes
Daddy showed me outside
To meet you on the front porch
I laugh at all your jokes
But you look bored
I've been a lot of things but never yours

You never cross my mind

Should I try to take you in?
Another fool brought to the fold
With not a gaze or arms
but deathlike grip to hold
To hold
To hold
To hold

Should I try to take you in?
And hope for the perfect docile pet
Hope that you'll not defile or wreck my home
Sweet home
Sweet home
Sweet home

Here there's only faith no doubt
You can be taken anywhere
Here is where you choose the place

Gotta talk to you baby
Talk to you now
Maybe it's too late
You're slamming the door
You're walking out

I got a feeling
Feelings don't lie
Don't let the words escape me now
Escape me now
Escape me now

Gotta talk to you baby
Talk to you now
Say it isn't too late
You'll see me again
We'll work it out

I got a feeling
Feelings don't lie
Don't let the words escape me now