(Mark Erelli)
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I read the paper
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I watch the news
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It seems there's only pain and sufferin'
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And there ain't much I can do
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It's so senseless
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I feel defenseless
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So small
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I could shut my windows
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Bolt my doors
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But if I don't feel safe enough
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To speak my mind anymore
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Then what's the use
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I've nothing left to lose
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And no farther to fall
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(CHORUS)
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So I'm gonna love
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I'm gonna believe
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I'm still gonna dream
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But I'm gonna roll up my sleeves
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Give everything until I've nothing left to give
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That's the only way that I know how to live
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It was a nightmare
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No tongue can tell
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The streets of New York city
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Looked just like the gates of Hell
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In a flash
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The smoke and the ash
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Falling down like rain
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But they circled wagons
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They gathered round
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As they bravely pulled their brothers
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And their sisters from the ground
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And I know
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I owe them more
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Than to be afraid
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(CHORUS)
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Why seek vengeance?
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What comes of war?
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I know freedom has a price
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But it doesn't keep score
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It's too much to swallow
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It's left me hollow
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After all this time
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I won't tell you
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What to believe
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Cause I'm too young to be so cynical
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And too old to be naive
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Every action
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Breeds a reaction
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So let this be mine
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The Only Way
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Mark Erelli |