Relentless

(Watch ya got)

Quit my job flipped off the boss took my name of the payroll.
(screw you man)
Picked up my cell rang my baby’s bell said I’m three miles from home.
I said sugar why don’t you put on that sundress I like so much,
Wait out by the road I’m comin’ to pick you up.

(whoa)
Throw your suitcase in the back,
(whoa)
Done gassed up the pontiac,
(whoa)
Blastin’ out to Johnny Cash, headin’ for the highway,
Baby we ain’t ever comin’ back.

It’s four hundred and sixty seven miles to the outskirts of Las Vegas.
What do you say we go get married by a preacher man that looks like Elvis.
(yeah momma)
Sugar don’t you worry bout tellin’ your momma goodbye,
We’ll send her a souvenier postcard from the wild side.

(whoa)
Throw your suitcase in the back,
(whoa)
Done gassed up the pontiac,
(whoa)
Blastin’ out to Johnny Cash, headin’ for the highway,
Baby we ain’t ever comin’ back.

(whoa)
Throw your suitcase in the back,
(whoa)
Done gassed up the pontiac,
(whoa)
Blastin’ out to Johnny Cash, headin’ for the highway,
Baby we ain’t ever comin’ back.

(fuey!)

(whoa)
(whoa)
(whoa)
Hear that train a comin’, rollin’ round the bend.
(whoa)
the man in black is gonna rock your ass again.
(whoa)
(whoa)
(whoa)

Goin’ through my closet the other day
I found an old yearbook
Flipped right to the page of that senior trip
Down there on that Panama strip
We all started yellin’ when we smelled the beach
Couldn’t wait to try our fake I.D.’s
We only had a few days
And a whole lot of memories to make

Oh man we were livin’
Didn’t waste one minute
We talked and drank and danced and said goodbye
We laughed until we cried

This past year my family
Was sittin’ cross-legged ’round the Christmas tree
Listenin’ to granddad
We all knew it probably be his last
He was crackin’ jokes and we were takin’ turns
Tellin’ stories ‘bout fishin’ or lessons learned
Out on the porch with him
We all felt like kids again

Oh man we were livin
Sittin’ there reminiscin’
We sang and talked and traveled back in time
We laughed until we cried

It’s like the best days under the sun
Every emotion rolled into one
A little of this a little of that
Kinda happy kinda sad

Just the other night the baby was cryin’
So I got out of bed rocked her awhile
And I held her tight
And I told her it would be all right
And my mind went back to a few years ago
When we tried so long
We almost gave up hope
And I remember you
Comin’ in and tellin’ me the news

Oh man we were livin’
Goin’ crazy in the kitchen
We danced and screamed and held each other tight
We laughed until we cried

When the sun slowly chases the moon from the sky
And touches your face as you open your eyes
What are you thinking? Do you like what you see?
Is it all that you dreamed of or do you wish it was me?

Is the life that you’ve chosen free from regret?
Or is what might have been just too hard to forget?
Has the glitter all faded? Do you get what you need?
Are you satisfied baby or do you wish it was me?

I know that you did what you thought you should do
It was safe and secure so completely thought through
You sacrificed passion and abandoned your dreams
Baby, was it all worth it or do you wish it was me?

Does each kiss seem closer to the first or the last?
Is the fire still ragin’ or has it burned down to ash?
Do the memories haunt you? Do they beg and they plead?
Are you satisfied baby or do you wish it was me?

Is the life that you’ve chosen free from regret?
Or is what might have been just too hard to forget?
Has the glitter all faded? Do you get what you need?
Are you satisfied baby or do you wish it was me?
Are you satisfied baby? mmm…yeah
Or
Do you wish it was me? (2x)
Oh,
Do you wish it was me?(4x)

I toss and turn, I’m losing sleep
Can’t seem to make any sense of anything
I keep wandering around in circles, in a daze
Just when I start awakeneing
I find that something’s intoxicating me
Til’ I’m tangled up, lost inside a maze

I can’t outrun it
Just keeps comin’
Girl, your love is relentless

Just like the waves against the sand
Over and over and time and time again
Your love keeps on reaching out to me

I can’t outrun it
Just keeps comin’
Girl your love is, relentless
I can’t fight it
There’s no hiding
Girl your love is, relentless

I’m staring at a hurricane
A hundred miles of driving rain
I just smile and lean into the wind
Cause’ I can’t outrun it

I can’t outrun it
Just keeps comin’
Girl, your love is relentless
I can’t fight it
There’s no hiding
Girl, your love is relentless

I toss and turn, I’m losing sleep
Can’t seem to make any sense of anything
I keep wandering round in circles, in a daze
Just when I start awakening
I find that something’s intoxicating me
Till I’m tangled up, lost inside a maze

It must have been a mountain standing in our way
Or some small misunderstanding
We talked about too late
Was it the kitchen or the bedroom
Where we let a good thing go
Was it destined dreams, or space we needed?
Oh, I don’t know.

Baby, lately my memory
Ain’t what it used to be, at all
It’s crazy, but holding you close to me
Seeing you smile at me
Is all that I recall
Cause’ baby it don’t matter how hard I try
I still can’t remember why we said goodbye

Maybe time’s just playin’ tricks on me these days
Or maybe these old feelings never went away
Cause’ all that I remember
Is I’m still in love with you
And if I’m losing my mind, I hope you are too

Baby, lately my memory
Ain’t what it used to be at all
It’s crazy, but holding you close to me
Seeing you smile at me
Is all that I recall
Cause baby it don’t matter how hard I try
I still can’t remember why we said goodbye

Goodbye

It’s crazy
But holding you close to me
Seeing you smile at me
Is all that I recall
Cause’ baby, it don’t matter how hard I try
I still can’t remember why we said goodbye
Why we said goodbye
Why did we say goodbye?

Pain it’s only a little pain
It’ll be gone in a couple of days
Or maybe a life or two
Heart it’s only my poor heart
Just that little thing you tore apart
It ain’t no headline news

CHORUS

But a grown woman should’ve known better
Than to treat me like some old lipstick
You use up and throw away
Hey, hey, hey

Time I wish I could turn back time
To when you were just a child
And teach you a thing or two
About love it’s okay if you wanna give up
But there’s a way to leave someone
And you don’t have to be so cruel

CHORUS

Cause’ a grown woman shoulda’ known better
Than to treat me like some old dish rag
You use up and throw away
Hey, hey, hey

You’re supposed to treat your lover
At least as good as your neighbor
So how could you, a grown woman
Not know no better

I ain’t no old lipstick you use up and throw away
Cause’ you’re ready for another shade
Hey, hey, hey

You should’ve known better
Cause’ you’re a grown woman

If it’s gonna happen, then it’s gonna happen
That’s just the way that it is
Oh love comes along and it don't take long
Till’ it slips through my fingertips
I could make some excuses, but darlin’ the truth is
I’m just the reckless kind
And I don't wanna leave you to pick up the pieces
Oh no matter how I try

Girl, I break everything I touch
Little girl that’s close enough
Seems like every heart I’ve ever loved
I break everything I touch

I can’t look in your eyes and tell you a lie
I’d love to leave here with you
Oh but darlin’ the fact is
I’m always attracted to everything I shouldn’t do
Oh so you better know, before I lose control
And we throw it all to chance
Girl your welcome to stay, but all I’ve got to say
Before you lay your heart in my hands

Yeah I break everything I touch
Little girl thats close enough
Seems like every heart I’ve ever loved
I break everything I touch

Well I break everything I touch
Little girl thats close enough
Seems like every heart I’ve ever loved
I break everything I touch

Yeah I break everything I touch
Little girl thats close enough
Seems like every heart I’ve ever loved
I break everything I touch

Have you ever skipped a stone across the water?
Have you ever hitched a free ride on a train?
Have you ever climbed up on a water tower,
To write a name?

The truth is every man dies,
Not every man lives.

Have you ever loved someone that you would die for?
Have you ever walked too far out on a limb?
Have you ever chased a dream too high to reach for,
And pulled it in?

The truth is every man dies,
But not every man lives.

I wanna paint outside the lines,
Run the red lights in my mind,
Take everything one lifetime has to give.
I wanna stand inside the fire,
Walk blind-folded on a wire.
Every man dies,
But not every man lives.

Have you ever thought about how fast time passes?
Ever thought about what you would leave behind?
Ever stood up for something you believed in,
And drawn a line?

The truth is every man dies,
But not every man lives.

I wanna paint outside the lines,
Run the red lights in my mind,
Take everything one lifetime has to give.
I wanna stand inside a fire,
Walk blind-folded on a wire.

Every man dies,
But not every man lives.

I wanna stand inside a fire,
Walk blind-folded on a wire.

Every man dies,
But not every man lives.

Have you ever skipped a stone across the water?
Have you ever hitched a free ride on a train?