Flesh & Bone

No needles, no rehab
No minors, no murder rap
Where's that leave a guy like me
Windy city square
If all that sells is tragedy i haven't got a prayer
Should i try to lose it all, kick it off the track
Just to say i took the fall but "look who's comin' back"

What's the story, where's the dirt
Nobody's happy 'til somebody gets hurt
I don't want to keep up with all that
The garbage that you swallow gonna someday make you fat

Normal childhood, beautiful wife
'scuse me having a wonderful life
Why should i be hungry for someone else's pain
Heroes should have something but talent for fame
Double barrel in the mouth nails it everytime
But that's what legend's all about
Ain't no bigger headline

Maybe i should frequent all the places i'm avoiding
And maybe you should work on building rather than destroying
If this is making friends, i'd rather be lonely

So where's that leave a guy like me
Windy city squart
I may never make page three but ask me if i care

Hope you don't believe a word
Of all the things i know you've heard about me
Really just a pack of lies
You see the truth before your eyes around me
Hard to keep it straight
The real from the ruse
Probably way too late
What can i do, but it's

*chorus:
Not what you think
Not what you hear
Not what you see
It's just the image
It's all on a string
All fantasy
Not really me
It's just the image


**would it be too much to ask
That you could just give me the chance to prove it
Or would it only be a waste of time
To try to make you change your mind and use it
What i've been looking for
Isn't what i thought
Not behind the golden door
You're all i've got, and it's


*repeat chorus

**repeat

*chorus

Fool's game to risk perfection
Out here alone on a wire
Unsuspecting victim of desire
You wear a thousand faces
A master of disguise
And i'm addicted to the madness in your eyes

Chorus:
You will always be the one i dream about
And i know my heart won't beat the same again
You will always be the shadow of a doubt
Now i go crazy wondering what we might have been

Your charms have made me suffer
Why do i care where you are
I'm afraid my dignity has strayed too far
Can't read what you're writing
Unable to make the call
Do you want me desperately
Or not at all

Repeat chorus

Can't read what you're writing
Unable to make the call
Do you want me desperately
Or not at all

I was born on the banks of eternity
A page of the history it teaches
Not a care, lived my life like a hurricane
Leaving everything along the way in pieces

Some may have cheered, some may have wondered
If i am flesh, if i am stone
Thoughts of you tear through me like thunder
You are the light that has led me back home

Take me to the river, baby
Wash away the lies
I've got no reputation living in your eyes
Take me to eternity
Let me bury this disguise

A southern boy has it harder sometimes
It's like you were climbing a razor
You were there when my dreams had all turned to dust
And the man in the mirror was a stranger

Look at me now, a soulless survivor
No mask can hide the man that i've made
You ease my pain
Your make it silent
Slowly i feel it beginning to fade

I want to feel it
Rushing over me into the tide
I want to taste it
Every moment 'til the end of my life

I have laid still, adrift in you memory
Hoping your faith would erase all the years
Maybe some time, maybe some magic
Maybe your love will make everything clear

Take me to the river, baby
Wash away the lies
I've got no reputation living in your eyes
Take me to eternity
Let me bury this disguise

Take me to the river, baby
Wash away the lies
There are no expectations hiding in your eyes
Take me to eternity
And let me bury this disguise

I whispered you
Words i thought i'd never say
We played the game
But then we tossed the rules away
Could deny it
Justify it
But we both know we went too far
Oh, i can feel you
And i need you
No matter wherever you are

Chorus:
I don't want to watch my love come crashing down
But i can't lie to my heart
I don't really want your memory hangin' 'round
But baby i just can't lie to my heart

I have loved you
Longer than you've even known
When you hurt i hurt
I'm your flesh and you're my bone
If i could only
Be two people
Darlin' i swear we'd both be with you
Oh, i know i'm selfish
But i'm helpless
I want you and nothing else will do

Repeat chorus

I won't pretend anymore
Been hiding too long
I won't go on like before
I'm not that strong
I can feel it when i'm near you
It's not healthy to need you this way
Try to fight it, get inside it
But this pain is stronger than me and it won't go away

Repeat chorus

Lately i've been trying
To fill up my days since you're gone
The speed of love is blinding
And i don't know how to hold on
My mind won't clear
I'm out of tears
My heart's got no room left inside

Chorus
How many dreams will end
How long can i pretend
How many times will love pass me by
Until i find you again

Will the arms of hope surround me
Will time be a fair weather friend
Should i call out to angels
Or just drink myself sober again
I can't hide it's true
I still burn for you
Your memory just won't let me go

Chorus

I'd hold you tighter
Closer than ever before
No flame would burn brighter
If i could touch you once more.
Hold you once more

Chorus

The world's greatest mystery
Is love between the woman and the man
Some guys are romeos
Others simply do the best they can
I'm just your average, ordinary joe
Tryin' to learn things i never knew i had to know
What's a man supposed to do

I don't get no kick from nine to five
And i'm not a man who thinks it's true
It's a woman's place to keep a love alive
I've watched enough daytime tv
To know my baby's needs
But sometimes i swear that she's impossible to please
She says

Chorus:
You give me all that i want of your money, baby
But you never take me dancing

I really think i do a lot to show
How i feel about her in my way
Roses on our anniversary
Candlelight and me on her birthday
Just when i thought that i had it all worked out
Now she says i still don't know what it's all about
She says

Chorus:
You give me all that i want of your money, baby
But you never take me dancing
You give me sweet little talk, call me honey, baby
But you never take me dancing

I'm just your average, ordinary joe
Tryin' to learn things i never knew i had to know

Chorus out

You never really thought you'd live to see the day
When the walls around your heart were blown away.
Just close your eyes, and you will hear me say,
"it's alright."

The key to everything i need is in your hands.
The part of me that no one understands.
When all my bridges burn, you tell me that,
"it's alright."

One world, one ride,
One 'til the end of time.
I'll be someone standing by your side,
Every day of your life.

Il ya des jours ou par amour on oublie tout,
(there are some days where by love we forget it all,)
Le fou, les guerres, le chaos, les remous.
(the fire, the wars, the chaos, the currents.)
Rien ne sera jamais plus fort que nous.
(nothing will ever be as strong as we.)
It's alright.
On a la foi qui peut deplacer les montagnes,
(we have a faith that can move mountains,)
Et nos pensees qui toujours se rejoignent.
(and our thoughts which always come together.)
Tu sait que meme au loin, je t'accompagne.
(you know that even when i'm far away, i'm still with you.)
It's alright.

Yeah, yeah!

J's'rai la pour toi.
(i'll be there for you.)
Tu peux compter sur moi,
(you can count on me,)
Comme un ami que jamais ne t'oublie,
(like a friend who'll never forget you,)
Chaque jour de ta vie,
(every day of your life,)
Y'aura en moi,
(inside of me there will always be)
Toujours un peu de toi.
(a part of you.)
Fidele comme une ombre qui te suit,
(faithful as a shadow that follows you,)
Chaque jour de ta vie.
(every day of your life.)

Over and over your heart's been left bare,
Haunted by faith that has led you nowhere.
You don't need to call out my name,
'cause i am always there!
Always there!
Yeah!

[guitar interlude]

J's'rai la pour toi.
(i'll be there for you.)
Tu peux compter sur moi,
(you can count on me,)
Comme un ami que jamais ne t'oublie,
(like a friend who'll never forget you,)
Chaque jour de ta vie.
(every day of your life.)

Yeah, yeah.

Y'aura en moi,
(inside of me there will always be)
Toujours un peu de toi.
(a part of you.)
Fidele comme une ombre qui te suit,
(faithful as a shadow that follows you,)
Chaque jour de ta vie.
(every day of your life.)

Chaque jour de ta vie!
One like the earth and the sky!!
Chaque jour de ta vie!!