—v1— I wish I was in a different place I wish I didn't always need all this personal space I wish I cared like I said I would, I wish I wanted to be good 'Cause if I want something bad enough, I'll work and think and try until I feel that I've done enough and I'll be satisfied for the time being, I wish I wanted to be good —ch— But right now I want to be noticed and I want to be seen I wish someone would come to me and tell me what life means I want what I want and it's not necessarily good —v2— It's not the world that makes us worry deep inside It's you and me-- are we living in the truth or a lie Do we offer peace and forgiveness, do we want to be good If I just listen to the words I read out loud They teach me gently and show me how The father can use me and together we are good —ch— —v3— You're not alone in your sinful shame Look at me I am dirty we are all the same Lord have mercy, I just want to be good Oh Lord have mercy, I just want to be good —ch2— You know I try to be patient and I wanna do things right Time is not my forte but I've got all my life To try and try and one of these days I am gonna be good

—v1— Please baby, please don't ask me to stay Cause I've already made plans to leave I cannot give you what you need If you think what you need is me It was closing our eyes, it was our goodbye kiss But change wasn't something we tried Did you poison my mind with your memory Cause it seems like each thought's about you —pre— You know I go soft for those baby blue eyes But it's time —ch— It's ti-i-i-i-i-i--i-i-i--i-me —v2— You haven't changed much since I've seen you last And I'm pretty much the same too But I'm turning the page, I'm closing that door And I think I'll get by without you Oh you're still in my heart and I've learned so much more And I can finally sleep well, I know that time will tell That I don't have what it takes to love you —pre— You weren't supposed to see my cry But I'm fine —ch— I'm fi-i-i-i-i-i-i-ine —v3— Well it feels just like home to hold you again But i'm not giving in So please baby, please don't ask me why Cause it's time

—v1— Why do I wanna cry Why is Macon such a long, long ways away from home? Friends come traveling for miles Come and listen to my songs Let them tell you who I am Time is medicine that I can only take in a small dose Boy is it a pill to swallow —ch— Can you make the day go faster Meet me in my favorite pasture Cross the bridge and pass the white horse In the comfort of the oak shade Lay me down and watch the sun fade Let the night time take its course —v2— I am moving on so fast It's easy to forget my past I can't decide if that is good or bad So I join in on every dance Cause what if I pass up the chance Of a lifetime in an instant —ch— —v3— Baby take a walk, take a break Take a smoke we can make good use of our time Try to tell me try to start You have my ears and my heart I promise that I'll understand That sometimes it's hard to be a man —ch— Time is medicine that I can only take in a small dose Boy is it a pill to swallow But if you lead me I will follow

—v1— I think I've had all I can take I'd really like to get away From faces I've never seen Where everything's a mystery —v2— I think I've had all I can take Made one too many mistakes I'd like to cash in my chips now I'll take the blame for what I did now —br— Tangled, I've woven myself one big web of lies I was impatient I hate that I cannot control time What was I thinking gambling with the things I held so dear Just call me back so you can feel the weight of all my tears —tag— —v3— I think I've had all I can take And I don't deserve for you to stay But baby you just wait and see That time will patch up everything

—v1— I see the ocean in your eyes I see the callouses on your hands And when life throws you a surprise You seem to take it like a man Inside your house upon the hill The dishes are kind of piling up But I put my fruit back in the fridge And two ants are dancing on my coffee mug I see the picture on the desk The desk you built with your two hands Danny, how can love so beautiful Suddenly be put to rest? —ch— You and I are travellin’ souls Slowly finding our way And when the road becomes our home That’ll be a very good day —v2— Well it’s clear our minds have been made And there’s no turning back around Now i’m not saying please forget about her But let me help you to live again without her I’m in the search for something too It feels like I’m always on my way I’d never been to Grant Park Until you took me there that day So let’s write some words and make a song A song of time or of our kin My voice is soft, but I can make it strong When I sing about where I’ve been —ch2— You and I are travellin’ souls Slowly finding our way And when the road becomes our home That’ll be a very good day You and I are just travellin’ souls Slowly finding our way in this world And when the road becomes our homes That’ll be a very good day Yes I will be in love with that day —v3— We’re just two travellin’ souls Slowly finding our way Oh and when the road becomes our home That’ll be a good day That’ll be a good day

—v1— Don't you ever take a stranger's hand Or leave your clothes out in the rain Keep the darks from the lights, hang 'em neatly to dry Don't leave your bed undone, you're not yet free to roam —pre— Keep your sisters in your hearts Your little brothers in your arms And don't you forget the way home —ch— Don't turn your hearts against me now 'Cause my love's spread so thin Of you there are many and me I'm just me And my love's spread so thin, so thin —v2— Through a mother's eyes it's a big bad world It ain't a pretty place for all my pretty little girls So when I tell you no, when I hold you back There's a good reason why, you must know that —pre— —ch— —br— Mama teach me how to cook, I need to feed my family some day Mama teach me how to sew, the clothes on my back may be the best friends I'll have Mama teach me how to trust, I wanna love a man some day Mama teach me how to hold my tongue And learn to just wait for the world to just turn —pre—

Every day you love me, I forget what I'm without All the things I'm s'posed to do All the people to call back Though a master plan is one thing I lean upon I remember that you love me And the weight of the world is gone Every time you hold me-- My arms, my hands, my back No one gets this close to me and I'm quite alright with that When I'm alone I'm searching like a lost and wayward song For the arms of your embrace where I finally belong Every word that's spoken I hear it with your voice The cook who sings as he makes lunch The babe that coos at her mother's touch The whispers of the wildest woods can't ease my troubled mind But lover when you speak my name I know that I'll be fine

I cracked a window open to my soul to let the daylight in I felt the cool breeze of a fresh new start blowing away lonely winds And I almost held onto the thought that you cared for me But the air grew cold, I gave up hope, and decided to leave you be You're not something I claim to know, I guess you're like a kiss I don't know why it's wonderful, I just know that it is Some days I think you love me and then some days I must be blind But my heart has finally come to terms that it just ain't our time The thing I liked about you was how you toughened up my skin I wasn't quite enough for you and you let me know that then Well it won't take me long to move on 'cause that's just the way I am I'll probably write you into my next song and find some other man There are times when I do think of you, but they're few and far between I try my best to shut them out kinda like you shut out me But how can I forget the songs that you would sing each time I came The truth my dear is I cannot, you remind me that things change

--v1-- The frame of a man, bones and shoulders From his head to his toes, each day he gets older The danger of a man, in all of his grandeur With mighty arms to swing an axe, he cradles his children --v2-- My daddy is a man, he and his brothers He works his back and his land, he is like no other He took a woman for his bride, every day serving I can see it in his eyes, I see it burning --ch-- Our human minds are prone to pattern It keeps us sane but drives us mad I don't want to end up like my mother But I want a man just like my dad --v3-- My lover is a man, honest and dirty He takes the good with the bad, he tells his story Selfless and right, I trust the truth he claims And with the lips that sing his songs, he also speaks my name --ch--