Lyrics

Thought I could give

Stars that would shine

Light on the path

You walk every time

The wants and desires

You so easily hide

I know you deserve

More than I can provide

Chorus:

I just wanted to take

The wanting away

Give all I have

Convince you to stay

So I promised you me

You said from the start

That’s all I need

For a satisfied heart

Strangers to friends

Now more than that

I look in your eyes

See love looking back

If I can’t give

The light from the stars

You’ll still be safe

In my heart and my arms

Chorus:

Lead:

Searching for something

Never too late

To be touched on the shoulder

By the warm hand of fate

It’s hard to believe

Yet easy to see

What you gave up

Just to be here with me

Chorus: 

I was down to my last peso

working my last run

Staring down the barrel of a Mexicali gun

She stepped in said "he's with me"

 guess I'll live another day

Looks like things are finally going

going my way

We made it to El Centro

lost my shirt and half my pride

Staring in this senorita's 

deep brown angel eyes

She took away the bad I had 

in ways I couldn't say

Looks like things are finally going

going my way

Chorus:

By the spell of a blood red moon

she made it all worthwhile

I don't know what lies ahead 

but we're going there in style

I know she's the one damn thing 

that could make me want to stay

Looks like things are finally going

going my way 

Lead Break: Verse

Some deals go down easy

some hard as Texas rain

Made it back to Yuma 

on the half-past midnight train

All the years of working deals

it's worth the price I paid

Looks like things are finally going

going my way

Can't predict the future

all the good and bad it holds

The past just might repeat itself 

that's what I've been told

Two strong hearts can change it all 

that's what she'd always say

Looks like things are finally going

going my way

Chorus: 

I put aside these thoughts that tried but

Wouldn’t let my heart find its way around

Sometimes the good outweighs the bad

Other times even the good can let you down

So I severed ties with those who hide

Or walked too slow, never even tried to run

They forgot that it’s not as much

Where you are as where you started from

Once again you came back in 

To kiss the sad away from me and let it go

All the good that took its place is permanent

I just thought that you should know

Chorus:

Waited for a long time, cause in our minds

We knew it all came down to this 

Realized we can’t deny

Everything can change | with a simple kiss 

Lead Break: Verse

At times it starts with broken hearts

At least we both agreed it often 

seems that way

Closed the space between the place we left

And the one that made us want to stay

Strange a kiss would cause us both to wish

For more so bad it hurts the soul within

But there we sat both knowing that

Was all it took to make our hearts feel whole again

Chorus: Repeat 1x 

Traveled down old dirt roads

highways and railroad tracks

Done things right and I done 'em wrong

Had lovers walk away never looking back

Had others want to stay a bit too long

Headed down that path of quiet confidence

Slipped thru shadows kind of aimlessly 

Really didn't miss most of the things I lost

I was blinded by the things I couldn't see

Chorus:

Now and then I've shown a better side

Faults, don't have to tell me I have a few

Stayed balanced when I walked that 

so called line

Fell off it when I fell for you

I've seen the flicker in your crowded eyes

Little bit of dark when I look too deep

Some hearts might roam for an eternity

But mine will always be yours to keep

I have wished for second chances

When all the first ones slipped away

Run off old habits both were good and bad

You’re the only one I ever wanted to stay

Chorus:

When simple answers never come my way 

Harder questions always reappear

On lonely days when you're so far away

I close my eyes and I can see you here

Chorus: x2

It's the measure of a man

Make the right choices

With you in my hand

We listened to voices

Of reason

From contented to restless

A heart can't disguise 

Concedes and confesses

No longer requires

A reason

Chorus:

Held our breath forever

As the ghost fire burned

Closer than ever

To what we deserved

Glimpses worth stealing

Few eyes ever see

In spite of that feeling

The heart still believes

The reason

Defeated resistance

Truth defied wrong

Covered the distance

Knew all along

The reason

Chorus:

Held our breath forever

As the ghost fire burned

Closer than ever

To what we deserved

We counted down the days

It took love to slip away

Broke down but wouldn’t say

The other was wrong

Sat on that double bed

Cried till our eyes were red

We talked but nothing was said

Then smoked the night gone

Chorus:

We must have been out of our minds

Love left us bitter and blind

All that we had before

Can’t help us anymore

Both found somebody new

Help with the gettin’ through

The memory of sittin’ here

With only regrets and tears

You didn’t want to see

The way it could always be

You were just using me

Needed a change

The woman I used to know

So sure that love would grow

It’s easier letting go

When nothing’s the same

Chorus:

We let it take too long

Admit that the fire’s gone

Time we were moving on

Let the past disappear

We wore each other down

Alone doesn’t make a sound

The one where we’re still around

To dry the last tear 

Chorus: 

Verse 1:

Never knew exactly what

My heart was looking for

Then again I’d never met

Anyone like you before

If this is what love is like?

Gonna want a whole lot more

Then I’ll know exactly what

My heart was looking for

Verse 2:

Never knew exactly what

Real love was all about

Why it always seems so hard

To figure the whole thing out

If this is what love is like?

Honey there ain’t no doubt

With you I know exactly what

Real love is all about

Chorus:

I just walked around hypnotized

Not seeing what I missed

  You made me realize 

It’s so hard to resist

Verse 3:

Never knew exactly why

It takes a little too much time

For my heart to travel north

Try and change my state of mind

If this is what love is like?

Ain’t ever gonna stop from tryin’

When I know exactly why

Won’t take any time

Chorus: then Lead:

Verse 4:

Never knew someone else

Could ever feel the way I do

Now we find it easier

Never have to hide the truth

If this is what love is like?

My heart is always here for you

Now I know that someone else

Feels the way I do

Chorus: x2 (Repeat last 2 lines) 

She was sitting on the front porch

Tying back her hair

Took me by surprise a bit

As she watched me climb the stairs

An angel’s smile was on her face

Rocked back in her chair

Our future grows inside of her

Unafraid and unaware

It’s a little after four AM

I’m feeling spent and low

Worked another graveyard shift

She wished I wouldn’t go

I couldn’t pull myself in line

It made no sense at all

Barely dried the water off

As I stumbled down the hall

Chorus:

Burned away the midnight oil

Afraid to face the day

In spite of all my faults and fears

She loved me anyway 

Fell back hard down on the bed

Slept all afternoon

Realized she wasn’t there

The note said be back soon

There were sirens in the distance 

Loud knock at the door

Man said I’m real sorry sir

I sat stunned on the porch

Doctors said we tried our best

At least there’s some good news

Handed me a baby girl

Said she looks a lot like you

Front window it stays open wide

Thru the curtain lace

We look out at that rocking chair

Same smile on her face

Chorus: x2

Burned away the midnight oil

Afraid to face the day

In spite of all my faults and fears

She loved me anyway 

One road’s paved with bricks   of gold

One all sand and stone

One led me away from you

The other one brought me   home

We stood on the edge of love

For as long as love allowed

Took back what we’d given up

Knew this time was now

Chorus:

Breathe again

Tell me I’m the one

Second chances

Take ‘em when they come

You held a key to my heart

I held the one to yours

Now they both stay open wide

Don’t need them anymore 

Walked beyond the bricks of gold

There deep in your eyes

Found myself on sand and stone 

A place where love can’t hide

Chorus:

Lead Break:

Sounds of love have come back in

Echo off the stars

There’s music in my veins again

Runs straight to my heart

One road’s paved with bricks of gold

One all sand and stone

One led me away from you

The other one brought me home

Chorus: Last time *Second chances

Take ‘em when they come 

You came into my life

Thought I was ready

To hold someone close

To be strong and steady

You couldn’t help

But change my disguise

From the no on my face

To the yes in your eyes

Chorus:

Sometimes our wishes

Believe they’ll come true

If it’s not as it seems

And it’s all just a dream

It’s the one I’ll keep having of you

At night when I sleep

Alone in the dark

With you in my dreams

We’re never apart

The light from the moon

Shines warm on my face

The warmth of your touch

The moon can’t replace

Chorus:

If this weren’t real

And it was all in my mind

Then my only wish

Would be to dream all the time

A foolish desire

Is all it would be

Awake or in dreams

You’re all that I see

Chorus: x2 (repeat from If it’s) 

Box of photographs all dust and bound

With dreams we lost or almost found

Things have changed for the better now

You taught me how

Since all you gave is all I’ve known

You’re the one I fall back on

You whisper to me soft and low

Don’t let go

Chorus:

When it’s all earth and stone

Pour your love into my bones

We carry gold into the sun

Then we run 

A missing dream fallen through

Blind with hope thought we knew

Now we’ve got a better view

Me and you

Lead: Verse

Scraps of photographs all dust and stained

With tears we lost a promise made

Forever came in a different way

Hard to say

Kill the light and cut the wire

Fill the need feed the fire

Let the dream that we desire

Take us higher 

Chorus: