When I have barely closed my eyes
then I awaken by surprise
to open thoughts and open doors
open up the chance to settle scores
giving all my mind to things which I have lost
without my heart’s attention where it belongs
I pick you up, you put me down
one more time, merry-go-round
I’ll say this once for all
you’re not a princess at the ball
and I am not a shining knight
but I’ll be the first to admit that I was right
all along, all alone, we carry on, we carry home

tonight I say goodbye
good riddance to the lie
that we were ever true
no more sunrise in blue
less often, think of you
and now I think I see
I think a man can be
an island in the sea
an island without she
or without me

never appreciate the gifts
from birth to writing this
if anyone would come along
to sing to me a brand new song
I’d like to smile for just awhile
in the middle of this thirty year old mile
on the road, broken down, busted wheel
a busted lip, a broken promise, had to steal
ever imagine light to darkness, run boy run
whether fake or real, play pretend to overcome
this is all we have to show for our blood and sweat and tears
is it oh so hard, so wrong, it’s taken years and years and years
all along, all alone, we carry on, we carry home

tonight I say goodbye
good riddance to the lie
that we were ever true
no more sunrise in blue
less often, think of you
and now I think I see
I think a man can be
an island in the sea
an island without she
or without me

oh I don’t want to seem dissident or innocent, through a rosy lens
lighting me up like cheap incense, deep emptiness, makes perfect sense

oh I don’t want to seem dissident or innocent, through a rosy lens
lighting me up like cheap incense, deep emptiness, makes perfect sense
to me