There's a road 
a winding that never ends
   Full of curves,
Lessons learned at every bend
Going's rough, 
Unlike the straight and narrow.
   It's for those who go against the grain

Have no fear,
Dare to dream of a change. 
Live to march to the beat 
of a different drummer
  And it all might come together
And it all might get unraveled
 On the road less traveled

For the road less traveled 
Is not for the faint of heart,
 For those who choose to play it safe 
And never stray too far.

I want to live my life 
And one day leave my mark
      And it all might come together
 And it all might come unraveled
  On the road less traveled

 I've chosen a pathway 
I may not endure-
   One thing's for certain,
Nothing's for sure
 And it all might come together
   And it all might come unraveled
 On the road less traveled

For the road less traveled 
Is not for the faint of heart,
 For those who choose to play it safe 
And never stray too far.

   I want to live my life 
And one day leave my mark
 And it all might come together
    And it all might come unraveled
On the road less traveled

There's a road winding
A road that never ends

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
They are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
You may become vain and bitter,
For always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
It is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
For the world is full of trickery,
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is.
Many persons strive for high ideals
And everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
For in the face of all aridity & disenchantment,
It is perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
Gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with imagining;
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
Be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
No less than the trees and the stars;
You have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
No doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
.

When the last child cries for a crust of bread
When the last man dies for just words that he said
When there's shelter over the poorest head
We shall be free

When the last thing we see is the color of skin
And the first thing we see is the beauty within
When the skies and the oceans are clean again
Then we shall be free

We shall be free, we shall be free
Stand straight, and walk proud
'Cause we shall be free

When we're all free to love anyone we choose
When this world's big enough for all different views
When we can all worship from our own kind of pew
Then we shall be free

We shall be free, we shall be free
Have a little faith and hold out
'Cause we shall be free

And when money talks for the very last time
 And nobody's will hopes to stay behind 
And there's only one race and that's mankind
Then we shall be free

We shall be free, we shall be free
Stand straight and walk proud
Have a little faith and hold out
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight! Have a little faith!
Walk proud! hold out!
We shall be free
.

I look around at all the faces and I see
All the lonely people looking back at me 
Rich, poor, doesn't matter 
We’re all the same
Everybody’s hungry in a different way
We’re clawing and climbing
And kicking and screaming and fighting 
But really,

What the world needs now is love. 
Love and only love. 
A little help from up above.
A way to make a better day. 
Let’s come together
Lay our differences down. 
Spread it all around,
That’s what the world needs now.

Sometimes all it takes is just a smile 
To change somebody’s weather
Chase the clouds out of their sky.
Sometimes you got to give and not receive,
Sometimes you got to live what you believe,
Open your arms cause that’s where it starts 
Right here with you and with me,

  What the world needs now is love. 
Love and only love. 
A little help from up above.
A way to make a better day. 
Let’s come together 
Lay our differences down. 
Spread it all around,
That’s what the world needs now.
Nobody likes the cold, 
We all need someone to hold, 
No one wants to be alone.

You've got to get up every morning 
With a smile in your face
And show the world all the love in your heart
People are going to treat you better
You're going to find, yes you will
That you're as beautiful as you feel

Waiting at the station with a workday wind a-blowing
I've got nothing to do but watch the passers-by
Mirrored in their faces I see frustration growing
And they don't see it showing, why do I?

You've got to get up every morning 
With a smile in your face
And show the world all the love in your heart
The people are going to treat you better
You're going find, yes you will
That you're as beautiful as you feel

I have often asked myself for reason for sadness
In a world where tears are just a lullabye
If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness
Maybe not, oh, but we can only try

You've got to get up every morning
With a smile in your face
And show the world all the love in your heart
The people gonna treat you better
You're gonna find, yes you will
That you're beautiful as you feel

I don't want to be the one who's old before their time
And loose the wonder that I felt as a child
I can't run this race believing I might loose
There's still so much to see, and so much left to do 

Yes I'll fall before I fly
But no one can say I never tried 

Oh we just get one
Ride around the sun
In this dream of time
It goes so fast
That one day we look back
And we ask
Was that my life? 

I close my eyes and think how lucky I have been
To hold the ones I love and share my dreams with them
All those sunny days and all those starry skies
Good morning kisses and sweet goodnights 
I can't tell them enough
Just how much that they are loved 

Oh we just get one 
      Ride around the sun
In this dream of time 
It goes so fast 
    That one day we look back

 And we ask 
 Was that my life? 

Was that my life
Going on by 
Rollin' rollin' rollin' by
Was that my life?

 Getting out of the tub all drawn up like a raisin
 Showed my fingers to my daddy while he was shaving
 Said look at my toes, dad, what's wrong with my skin?
Will this go away, will I be normal again?

    He picked me up and set me down on the hamper
 Wiped off his face while he gave me the answer
 For the first time I noticed the lines in his grin
 As he dabbed a little foam on the end of my chin, he said

Those wrinkles aren't anything to be scared of
They're just a product of time and true love
Some are gonna come and go
Some are gonna come and stay
Son, you're still young, you're gonna be ok

I walked down the hall, saw my mom getting ready
For a long over due dinner date with daddy
She was cussing those crows feet, didn't know I was listening
Started talking ‘bout her younger years
And how much she missed them, and I said

Those wrinkles aren't anything to be scared of
They're just a product of time and true love
Some are gonna come and go
Some are gonna come and stay
Mom, you still look young, you're gonna be ok

As I get a little older, I'm starting to get a few
And I'm sure I gave mom and dad at least one or two
We're all gonna have them, there's no doubt
But those wrinkles in life aren't anything you can't iron out

Those wrinkles aren't anything to be scared of
They're just a product of time and true love
Some are gonna come and go
Some are gonna come and stay
I still feel young, I'm gonna be ok

Those wrinkles are nothing to be scared of
They're just a product of time and true love

She says, "you know the monkey bar rules"
  as she kisses away his playground bruise
  "You don't have to skip a bar each time
  to make it to the other side"
  She picked him up from out of the sand
  Then tied the shoelace that read, "Superman"

  We all fall down
  It's the getting back up that really counts
  We live and we learn
  to help someone up when it's their turn
  In life there's only one guarantee-
  Your feet won't always be on the ground
  'Cause we all fall down

  She says, "I know what you're going through"
  as she talks to the door of her daughter's room
  "Your heart feels like it's broken in two
  but, baby, I'm here for you"
  The door opened and she stepped inside
  She put her arms around her and said, "It's ok to cry"

  We all fall down
  It's the getting back up that really counts
  We live and we learn
  to help someone up when it's their turn
  In life there's only one guarantee-
  Your feet won't always be on the ground
  'cause we all fall down

 He's forty-five and his job is gone
  Cleans out his desk and he heads on home
  Sees his kids out playing in the yard
  It's been a while since he's been hit so hard
  He's as scared as a man can be
  He tells his wife and she says, "honey, look at me"

We all fall down
  It's the getting back up that really counts
  We live and we learn
  yo help someone up when it's their turn
  In life there's only one guarantee-
  Your feet won't always be on the ground
  'cause we all fall down

If I could tell the world just one thing
It would be that we're all OK
and not to worry 'cause worry is wasteful
 and useless in times like these
 I won't be made useless
 I won't be idle with despair
  I will gather myself around my faith
        For light does the darkness most fear

     My hands are small, I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
and I am never broken

Poverty stole your golden shoes
But it didn't steal your laughter
And heartache came to visit me
  But I knew it wasn't ever after

 We'll fight, not out of spite
  For someone must stand up for what's right
 'Cause where there's a man who has no voice
  There ours shall go singing

 My hands are small I know
  But they're not yours, they are my own
    But they're not yours, they are my own
 and I am never broken

 In the end only kindness matters
   I will get down on my knees, and I will pray

My hands are small I know
    But they're not yours, they are my own
 and I am never broken
 

Miss Laura fed the hungry in the church house basement 
After she retired from teaching school 
She'd pick my son up in her arms on Sundays 
Teach him all about the golden rule 
I heard the stories about Selma and Tuskeegee 
How she helped Martin fill the jails 
All I know is she had the strength of ten grown men 
Even though her hands were small and frail 

She was an everyday angel, the kind without wings 
Walking around in this world, just like you and me 
Angel, livin' out love, the kind of people we could use a lot more of 
Just an everyday angel, everyday angel 

Marilyn was waiting outside my old man's office 
Trying to hide the bruises on her face 
He said you don't have to get knocked around anymore 
You can come and live at our place 
I didn't know until I had kids of my own 
But I learned a big lesson that day 
What you do means a whole lot more than anything you have to say 

(Go be an) everyday angel, the kind without wings 
Walking around in this world, just like you and me 
Angel, livin' out love, the kind of people we could use a lot more of 
Just an everyday angel, everyday angel 

Dave was supposed to meet his wife in a coffee shop in Brooklyn 
When he heard the alarm sing out 911 
He was running up stairs that he never got back down

He was an everyday angel, earnin¹ his wings 
Trying to save people who are just like you and me 
Angel, living out love, the kind of people we could use a lot more of 
Just an everyday angel, everyday angel, everyday angel 

I hit the ground running with the morning sun
When a job needs doing, I get it done
I show up early and I go home late
Everybody knows I pull my weight

'Cause I don't mind doing
A little heavy lifting
I'm always giving
My everything
Even when I'm hurting
I keep on working
And as long as I'm still alive and kicking
I'll be sticking to the heavy lifting

Well, baby, I hurt, he done me wrong
The going got tough and I got gone
Well, he's not here and I'm not him
And even if the walls come falling in

You know I don't mind doing 
A little heavy lifting
I'm always giving
My everything
Even when I'm hurting
I keep on working
And as long as I'm still alive and kicking
I'll be sticking to the heavy lifting

Baby, when your heart is aching
Lean on me, my back's not breaking
All I'm saying is:

I don't mind doing 
A little heavy lifting
I'm always giving
My everything
Even when I'm hurting
I keep on working
And as long as I'm still alive and kicking
I'll be sticking to the heavy lifting

Honey, I 'm not quitting
I'm always giving
My everything

Clear creeks and cool mountain mornings
Honest work out in the fields
Cornbread in my momma's kitchen
Daddy saying grace before the meal
Family ties run deep in this land
And I'm never very far from what I am

I was born country and that's what I'll always be
Like the rivers and the woodlands wild and free
I got a hundred years of down home running through my blood
I was born country and this country's what I love

Moonlight and you here beside me
Crickets serenading in the yard
What more could two people ask for
Laying here in love beneath the stars
Now this is where I wanna raise my kids
Just the way my mom and daddy did
I was born country
 

I wake up to the sunshine out my window 
and the passing sound of a homeless man
Singing an old Cole Porter song
The faucet leaks, the TV’s on the blink again
But my restless dreams are still intact
Even though it’s taking way too long
Got a hundred dollars in a coke tin on my shelf
And I’m thinking to myself, whoa

These are the days you will remember 
for the rest of your life
These are the memories you’ll pack in a box 
and pull ‘em out sometimes
So pick your flowers, count the seconds, roll the dice
But baby,  don’t  wait till its too late
Put a smile on your face
These are the days

Hey Mona Lisa, who was Leonardo?
Was he Andy Warhol?
You were Marilyn Monroe
Hey Mozart, what kind of name is Amadeus
It's kinda like Elvis
You gotta die to be famous
I may not go down in history
I just want someone to remember me

I'll probably never hold a brush
that paints a masterpeice
Probably never find a pen
that writes a symphony
But if I will love then I will find
That I have touched another life
And that's something
Something worth leaving behind

Hey Midas you say you have the magic touch
That even all that shiny stuff
Someday is gonna turn to dust
Hey Jesus it must have been some Sunday morning
In a blaze of glory
We're still tellin' your story
I may not go down in history
I just want someone to remember me

I'll probably never dream a dream
and watch it turn to gold
No, I'll never lose my life
to save another soul
If I will love then I will find
That I have touched another life
And that's something
Something worth leaving behind

Hey baby see the future that we´re building
Our love lives on in the lives of our children
And that´s something
Something worth leaving behind

If money grew on hackberry trees
If time wasn't such a luxury
If love was lovesick over me
That'd be alright

If I could keep the wind in my sails
Keep a hold of the tiger by the tail
A half a ham sandwich in my lunch pail
That'd be alright

That'd be alright
That'd be alright
If everybody everywhere
Had a lighter load to bear
And a little bigger piece of the pie
We'd be livin' us a pretty good life
And that'd be alright

Go heavy on the good and light on the bad
A hair more happy and shade less sad
 Turn all that negative down just a tad
 That'd be alright

    If my dear old dog never got old
If the family farm never got sold
Another bad joke never got told
That'd be alright

That'd be alright
That'd be alright
If everybody everywhere
Had a lighter load to bear
And a little bigger piece of the pie
We'd be livin' us a pretty good life
And that'd be alright

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance....I hope you dance.

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin' might mean takin' chances but they're worth takin',
Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth makin',
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to sellin' out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.

I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years 
and wonder where those years have gone?)

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance, 
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance. 

Dance....I hope you dance. 
I hope you dance....I hope you dance. 
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.. 
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along 
Tell me who wants to look back on their years 
and wonder where those years have gone

Beautiful people 
You live in the same world as I do 
But somehow I never noticed
You before today 
I'm ashamed to say 

Beautiful people 
We share the same back door
And it isn't right 
We never met before 
But then 
We may never meet again 
If I weren't afraid you'd laugh at me 
I would run and take all your hands
And I'd gather everyone together for a day
And when we gather'd 
I'll pass buttons out that say
Beautiful people 
Then you'd never have to be alone 
'Cause there'll always be someone 
With the same button on as you 
Include him in everything you do. 

Beautiful people 
You ride the same subway 
As I do ev'ry morning 
That's got to tell you something 
We've got so much in common 
I go the same direction that you do 
So if you take care of me
Maybe I'll take care of you 

Beautiful people 
You look like friends of mine 
And it's about time 
That someone said it here and now
I make a vow that some time, somehow 
I'll have a meeting 
Invite ev'ryone you know 
I'll pass out buttons to 
The ones who come to show 
Beautiful people 
Never have to be alone 
'Cause there'll always be someone 
With the same button on as you 
Include him in ev'rything you do 
He may be sitting right next to you 
He may be beautiful people too 
And if you take care of him 
Maybe I'll take care of you 
 

       There's a man standin' on the corner
 With a sign sayin' Will Work For Food
  You know the man
You see him every mornin'
The one you never give your money to
     You can sit there with your window rolled up
     Wonderin' when the lights goin' to turn green
    Never knowin' what a couple more bucks
  In his pocket might mean

     Maybe he's an angel sent here from Heaven
And he's makin' certain that you're doin' your best
To take the time to help one another
 Brother, are you gonna pass that test
 You can go on with your day to day
 Tryin' to forget what you saw in his face
 Knowin' deep down it could have been his savin' grace
 What if he's an angel

 There's a man
 And there's a woman
  Livin' right above you in Apartment G
 There's a lot of noise comin' from the ceilin'
 And it don't sound like harmony
You can sit there with your TV turned up
 While the words and his anger fly
But come tomorrow when you see her with her shades on
 Can you look her in the eye

  Maybe she's an angel sent here from Heaven
 And she's makin' certain that you're doin' your best
To take the time to help one another
 Brother, are you gonna pass that test
 You can go on with your day to day
   Tryin' to forget what you saw in her face
 Knowin' deep down it could have been her savin' grace
 What if she's an angel

 A little girl on Daddy's lap
 Hiding her disease with a baseball cap
  You can turn the channel
Most people do
  But what if you were sittin' in her Daddy's shoes
 

I was walking home from school on a cold winter's day
Took a shortcut through the woods and I lost my way
It was getting late and I was scared and alone
Then a kind old man took my hand and led me home
Mama couldn't see him, but he was standing there
But I knew in my heart, he was the answer to my prayers

Oh I believe there are angels among us
Sent down to us from somewhere up above
They come to you and me in our darkest hours
To show us how to live
To teach us how to give
To guide us with a light of love

When life dealt troubled times and had me down on my knees
There's always been someone there to come along and comfort me
A kind word from a stranger to lend a helping hand
A phone call from a friend just to say I understand
Ain't it kind of funny at the dark end of the road
Someone lights the way with just a single ray of hope

Oh I believe there are angels among us
Sent down to us from somewhere up above
They come to you and me in our darkest hours
To show us how to live
To teach us how to give
To guide us with a light of love

They wear so many faces
Show up in the strangest places
Grace us with their mercy
In our time of need

Oh I believe there are angels among us
Sent down to us from somewhere up above
They come to you and me in our darkest hours
To show us how to live
To teach us how to give
To guide us with a light of love

He had plastic bags wrapped around his shoes 
He was covered with the Evening News 
Had a pair of old wool socks on his hands 
The bank sign was flashing "5 below" 
It was freezing rain and spitting snow 
He was curled up behind some garbage cans 
I was afraid that he was dead 
I gave him a gentle shake 
When he opened up his eyes
I said, "Old man, are you ok?" 

He said, "I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree
I was runnin' from some honey bees
Drip dryin' in the summer breeze
After jumpin' into Calico Creek
I was walkin' down an old dirt road
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
Man, I wish you'd just left me alone
'Cause I was almost home" 

Then he said, "I was just comin' 'round the barn 
'Bout the time he grabbed my arm
When I heard Momma holler, "Son, hurry up!"
I was close enough for my own nose
to smell fresh cobbler on the stove
when I saw Daddy loadin' up the truck
Game poles on the tailgate
Bobbers blowin' in the wind
Since July of '55
That's as close as I've been" 

I said, "Old man you're gonna freeze to death! 
Let me drive you to the mission!" 
He said, "Boy, if you left me alone, 
"Right now, I'd be fishin'!

"I just climbed out of a cottonwood tree
I was runnin' from some honey bees 
An' drip dryin' in the summer breeze 
After jumpin' in to Calico Creek
I was walkin' down an old dirt road 
Past a field of hay that had just been mowed
Man, I wish you'd just left me alone
Cause I was almost home
 

I'm a little boy with glasses, the one they call a geek
A littl girl who never smiles 'cause I got braces on my teeth
And I know how it feels to cry myself to sleep
I'm that kid on every playground who is always chosen last
A single teenage mother tryin' to overcome her past
You don't have to be my friend if it's too much to ask

Don't laugh at me, don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's eyes we're all the same
Some day we'll all have perfect wings

I'm a cripple on the corner
You pass me on the street
I wouldn't be out here begging if I had enough to eat
And don't think I don't notice that our eyes never meet
I lost my wife and little boy, someone crossed that yellow line
The day we layed 'em in the ground was the day I lost my mind
Right now I'm down to holdin' this little cardboard sign

So don't laugh at me, don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's eyes we're all the same
Some day we'll all have perfect wings

I'm fat, I'm thin
I'm short, I'm tall
I'm deaf, I'm blind
Hey aren't we all
 

Six Lanes, tail lights
Red ants marching into the night
They disappear to the left and right again

Another supper from the sack
A ninety-nine cent heart attack
I've got a pounding head and an achin' back
My Camels buried in a big straw stack

I'm gonna live where the green grass grows
Watch my corn pop up in rows
 Everynight be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed
Point our rocking chairs towards the west
And plan our dreams where the peaceful river flows
Where the green grass grows

Well I'm from a map dot
A stop sign on a black top
I caught the first bus that I could hop from there
But all of this glitter is getting dark
There's concrete growing in the city park
I don't know who my neighbors are
And there's bars on the corner and bars on my heart

I'm gonna live where the green grass grows
Watch my corn pop up in rows
Everynight be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed
Point our rocking chairs towards the west
And plan our dreams where the peaceful river flows
Where the green grass grows
 

Gonna kick off my shoes
And run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Goin' back to the well, gonna visit old friends
And feed my soul where the blacktop ends

I'm lookin' down the barrel of Friday night
Ridin' on a river of freeway lights
Goodbye city I'm country bound
'Til Monday rolls around

Gonna kick off my shoes
And run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Goin' back to the well gonna visit old friends
And feed my soul where the blacktop ends

Workin' in the grind is an uphill road
Punchin' that clock and carryin' that load
I bust it all week and then I'm free
The weekend belongs to me

Gonna kick off my shoes
And run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Goin' back to the well gonna visit old friends
And feed my soul where the blacktop ends

Give me some fresh air, give me that farm
Give me some time with you in my arms
Far away from the hustle and the pressure and the noise

Gonna kick off my shoes
And run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Goin' back to the well, gonna visit old friends
And feed my soul where the blacktop ends
 

She's been playing in a room on a strip
For ten years in Vegas
Every night she looks in the mirror
But she only ages
She's been reading about Nashville and all
The records that everybody's buying
Says 'I'm a simple girl myself
Grew up on Long Island'
So she packs her bags to try her hand
Says this might be my last chance

She's gone country, look at them boots
She's gone country, back to her roots
She's gone country, a new kind of suit
She's gone country, here she comes

Well the folk scene is dead
But he's holding out in the village
He's been writing songs speaking out
Against wealth and privilege
He says 'I dont believe in money
   But a man could make him a killin'
 Cause some of that stuff don't sound
Much different than Dylan
I hear down there it's changed you see
They're not as backwards as they used to be'

He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes

He commutes to LA
But he's got a house in the valley
But the bills are piling up
And the pop scene just ain't on the rally
He says 'Honey I'm a serious composer
Schooled in voice and composition
But with the crime and the smog these days
This ain't no place for children
Lord it sounds so easy it shouldn't take long
Be back in the money in no time at all'

He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes
Yeah he's gone country, a new kind of walk
He's gone country, a new kind of talk
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, oh back to his roots

I'd have spent a lot more time out in the pouring rain 
Without an umbrella covering my head 
And I'd have stood up to that bully 
when he pushed and called me names 
But I was too afraid
And I'd have gone on and saw Elvis 
that night he came to town 
But mama said I couldn't
And I'd have went skinny dipping with Jenny Carson 
that time she dared me to 
But I didn't
Oh I, I'd have done a lot of things different

I wish I'd have spent more time 
with my dad when he was alive 
Now I don't have the chance
And I wish I'd told my brother 
how much I loved him before he went off to war
But I just shook his hand 
I wish I'd have gone to church on Sunday morning 
when my grandma begged me to 
But I was afraid of God
I wish I would of listened when they said 
boy you're gonna wish you hadn't,
But I wouldn't

Oh I, I'd have done a lot of things different
People say they wouldn't change a thing 
Even if they could
Oh but I would

There was this red dress she wanted one time 
so bad she could taste it 
And I should have bought it, but I didn't
She wanted to paint our bedroom yellow 
and trim it in blues and greens
But I wouldn't let her, 
It wouldn't of hurt nothing
She loved to be held and kissed and touched
But I didn't do it,
not nearly enough
And If I'd have known that dance 
was gonna be our last dance
I'd have asked that band to play 
on and on, on and on 
Oh I, I‘d have done a lot of things different

People say they wouldn't change a thing 
Even if they could
Oh, but I would
Oh I, I'd done a lot of things different
I think we'd all do a lot of things different.

Little sisters of the sun lit 
Candles in the rain 
Fed the world on oats and raisins 
Candles in the rain 
Lit the fire to the soul 
Who never knew his friends 
Meher Baba lives again
Candles in the rain
To be there is to remember 
Lay it down again 
Lay down 
Lay down 
Lay it down again 
Men can live as brothers
Candles in the rain...

Lay down lay down, let it all down 
Let your white birds smile up at the 
Ones who stand and frown 

We were so close, there was no room 
We bled inside each others wounds
We all had caught the same disease 
And we all sang the songs of peace

So raise the candles high
'Cause if you don't we could stay 
Black against the night 
Oh raise them higher again and if you do
We could stay dry against the rain
 

Drop your disguise
let me see you smile
Realize, that we don't need a reason.

For feeling good, feeling fine.
We don't need a reason.

 So you think that you sunk so low
Down and out like a capsized boat
Know today just a passing phase, thank the lord.

There's no need to build strife
all this drama in your life's not right
let the people just fuss and fight all day long.

Cause we don't need a reason
for feeling good.
It's enough just to be you and me, 
like we always should.

And if you want to party
Here I am
Let the ready man who wants more take control
If he can.

You can spend you days mopping round in bed
like a hungy man waiting on a piece of bread
but those who quench their thirst 
really know what life is worth

Cause we don't need a reason.