What you said to me I hope you mean it, too 'Cause my head's a mess I don't know what to do So I'd rather be alone I wish you well I'll keep to myself You played me for a fool Mama said "Be careful with your heart They'll get the one And leave you out to rot" So I'd rather be alone I wish you well I'll keep to myself 'Cause you played me for a fool

I'd rather be dead, I'd rather be dead I'd rather be dead than wet my bed I'd rather be dead, I'd rather be dead I said "Dead than wet my bed" Oh, I'd rather be gone than carry on I'd rather go away than feel this way Oh, I'd rather be there, where you haven't got a care And you're better off dead, though it doesn't seem fair Oh, I'd rather be dead, I'd rather be dead I'd rather be dead than wet my bed I'd rather be dead, I'd rather be dead I'd rather be dead than wet my bed I'd rather keep my health and dress myself But you're better off dead than sitting on a shelf I'll tie my tie 'til the day I die But if I have to be fed then I'd rather be dead And when he takes my hand on the very last day I will understand because it's better that way Oh, it's nice to be alive but when the dream comes true You'll be better off dead, it could happen to you Oh, I'd rather be dead, I'd rather be dead I'd rather be dead than wet my bed I'd rather be dead, I'd rather be dead I'd rather be dead than wet my bed Alright! Give yourselves a big hand

I cannot help it, I couldn't stop it if I tried The same old heartbeat fills the emptiness I have inside And I've heard that you can't fight love, so I won't complain 'Cause why would I stop the fire that keeps me going on? 'Cause when there's you, I feel whole And there's no better feeling in the world But without you I'm alone And I'd rather be in love with you Turn out the lights now To see is to believe I just want you near me I just want you here with me And I'd give up everything only for you It's the least that I could do 'Cause when there's you (when there's you), I feel whole (I feel whole) And there's no better feeling in the world But without you I'm alone (I'm alone) And I'd rather be in love with you And I feel you holding me Why are we afraid to be in love? To be loved I can't explain it I know it's tough to be loved And I feel you holding me Oh-oh, oh 'Cause when there's you (when there's you), I feel whole (I feel whole) And there's no better feeling in the world Without you I'm alone And I'd rather be in love 'Cause when there's you (when there's you), I feel whole (I feel whole) And there's no better feeling, and there's no better feeling in the world I'm alone And I'd rather be in love Yes, I'd rather be in love Oh, I'd rather be in love with you And I feel you holding me Oh-oh

And one day, I'll turn around And she'll be standing there And I'll wonder how she'll look, And how she'll act and what she'll say I know what I'll say And I'll write a song about it someday Well, it's a game, it's a shame Sometimes you don't win Don't we do what, others do when I see you again Cause I, rather be your enemy and Here you call me friend You know I, rather be your enemy and Here you call me friend Anytime when, i was blinded Let you take me in Don't we do what, others ldo when I see you again Cause I, rather be your enemy and Here you call me friend You know I, rather be your enemy and Here you call me friend You know I, rather be your enemy and Here you call me friend You know I, rather be your enemy and Here you call me friend

Well I travel the higway I make many scenes. Being lost in darkness, I've been out on the streets. I feel so unhappy, sometimes I wanted to die, Lord But if I have your sweet sweet love, I know I get right. This old world is turning, like wheels on a train, I hold on to each moment, that it won't come again. (let me tell you) I'm not educated, but there's one thing I know, That I'd rather be blind, than to see you go. (all right now) I feel that for strong woman, who knows how to be week, And it makes me feel so good, every time she speaks. Oh the revelation, the revelation in her smile, It feels so much like in heaven, when I ...? So don't leave me darling, no, whatever you do, When I'm standing beside you, I know we'll get trough And there is only one thing, babe, that I want you to know, That I'd rather be blind, than to see you go. SOLO So don't leave me babe, ah, whatever you do, When you're standing beside me, I know we'll get trough And there is only one thing, babe, that I want you to know, That I'd rather be blind, than to see you go. (let me tell you now) I'd rather be blind, than to see you go. (let me tell you again) I'd rather be blind, than to see you go

Maybe she was smilin' in the mirror Maybe I was too, 'cause I was stoned Singin' every sad song on the juke-box one more time Honey, they were hittin' close to home And I said - Maybe this'll make you think I'm crazy Honey, don't feel lonesome if you do But if you wanna make a young man happy one more time I'd sure like to spend the night with you Chorus: And she said - Stranger Shut out the light and lead me Somewhere - shut out the shadows, too And while we lay there, makin' believe you love me Stranger, could I believe in you Maybe you got all you got together Maybe you keep rollin' like a stone Maybe some old lonesome song'll take you by surprise And leave you just a little more alone Chorus: Singing - Stranger Shut out the light and lead me Somewhere - shut out the shadows, too And while we lay there, makin' believe you love me Stranger, could I believe in you Chorus: Keep Singing - Stranger Shut out the light and lead me Somewhere - shut out the shadows, too And while we lay there, makin' believe you love me Stranger, could I believe in you

See the ruin on the hill, where the smoke is hangin' still Like an echo of an age-long forgotten There's a story of a home crushed beneath those blackened stones And a roof that fell before the beams were rotten See, Saul Darby loved his wife and he labored all his life To provide her with material possessions And he built for her a home of the finest wood and stone And the building soon became his sole obsession Oh, it took 300 days for the timbers to be raised And the silhouette was seen for miles around And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky But it only took one night to bring it down When Darby's castle tumbled to the ground Though they shared a common bed, there was precious little said In the moments that he set aside for sleepin' 'Cause his busy dreams were filled with the rooms he'd yet to build And he never heard young Helen Darby weepin' Then one night he heard a sound as he laid his pencil down And he traced it to her door and turned the handle And the pale light of the moon through the windows of the room Split the shadows where two bodies lay entangled Oh, it took 300 days for the timbers to be raised And the silhouette was seen for miles around And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky But it only took one night to bring it down When Darby's castle tumbled to the ground Thank you

It's sad to see we may never be the way we were before We don't believe in the magic of the music anymore And everything's older now and colder and grey Oh, darlin' I believe there's got to be a better way. It seems to me we've forgotten how to let our feelings show We seem to be so much farther from the dreams we used to know And too many more, my friend, are dying today Oh darlin' I believe there's got to be a better way. Listen to the fallen angels learning how to spread their wings. How will they make it all alone? Look into the children's laughter Tell me what tomorrow brings for those so far away from home. And I can say I'm not sorry for the things we tried to be But I'm afraid what we're heading toward is up to you and me 'Cause we got a choice; the future is ours you see We got a chance to change today Oh, darlin' don't you believe there's got to be a better way 'Cause we got a choice; the furture is ours you see. We got a chance to change it today. Oh I believe together there can be a better way Oh if we believe together we can build a better way.

Darkness had us covered when we split from Minnesota in the morning In the rain Black as I was feeling and the street was slick and shiny as a snake Each of us was a-humming to a half forgotten echo Hangin' over in the brain Tappin' time and thinking of the time we never had the time to take Losing to the rising cost of living high and loving hard And leavin' every yesterday behind Learning every bridge you cross, is burning down before you're off and Running Like the devil just in time Chorus: Breakin' any ties before they bind you Taking any comfort you can find Running like you're running out of time Take it all-take it easy-till it's over-understanding When you're headin' for the border lord You're bound to cross the line Good lookin' women every time you stumble Waitin' there to catch you when you fall Gettin' to you bad enough to let em Keep you backin' up till just before your back's against the wall Chorus: Breakin' any ties before they bind you Takin' any comfort you can find Runnin' like you're runnin' out of time Take it all-take it easy-till it's over-understanding When you're headin' for the border lord You're bound to cross the line