I remember how I couldn't wait to get out Of my hometown now I'm looking for, every excuse to go back on the weekend I can still see the front porch balcony every time I leave, grandpa waving back at me Wish I could've told myself back then It won't always be like this It won't always be like this I know nothing lasts forever but sometimes I still forget It won't always be like this I remember hearing the door slam 22 didn't have a clue who I was, who I could trust and who were my real friends I had big wings but didn't have a sky Just a front row view of everybody flying high Waiting for my time, wish I could've told myself back then It won't always be like this It won't always be like this No the heart won't ache forever no matter how hard it gets It won't always be like this, no Looking at you, looking back at me All I wanna do is make another memory And love you like it's the end Cause it won't always be like this It won't always be like this, no It won't always be like this I know it won't always be like this I wish life would last forever so I could live it all again It won't always be like this It won't always be like this

Standing here I realize That you were just like me Trying to make history But who's to judge The right from wrong When our guard is down I think we'll both agree That violence breeds violence But in the end It has to be this way I've carved my own path You've followed your wrath But maybe we're both the same The world has turned And so many have burned But nobody is to blame It's tearing across This barren wasted land I feel new life could be born Beneath the blood stained sand Beneath the blood stained sand Standing here I realize That you were just like me Trying to make history But who's to judge The right from wrong When our guard is down I think we'll both agree That violence breeds violence But in the end It has to be this way Violence breeds violence But in the end It has to be this way

Standing here I realize You are just like me Trying to make history But who's to judge The right from wrong When our guard is down I think we'll both agree That violence breeds violence But in the end it has to be this way I've carved my own path You followed your wrath But maybe we're both the same The world has turned And so many have burned But nobody is to blame Yet staring across this barren wasted land I feel new life will be born Beneath the blood stained sand Beneath the blood stained sand

The sound of your voice, the touch of your skin If we go there, it will start all over again So don't even call, there's no need for checking in If it's really over, let it just be over No, we won't be sharing coffee Or having lunch from time to time I won't ask about your family Please don't ask me about mine This is never what I wanted And it's killing me to say It just has to be this way We gave all we could, we fought the good fight But no matter how we loved, we just couldn't get it right It hurts to let go, but it's harder hangin' on I don't want it to be over, we know that it's over No, we won't be sharing coffe Or having lunch from time to time I won't ask about your family Please don't ask me about mine This is never what I wanted And it's killing me to say It just has to be this way And even if I change my mind Don't let me hurt me one more time Stay away from me, be as cold as you can be No, we won't be sharing coffe Or having lunch from time to time I won't ask about your family Please don't ask me about mine This is never what I wanted And it's killing me to say It just has to be this way Oh, it just has to be this way

When she was young they called her wild rose The ladies in the town turned up their nose The boys all loved her, heaven knows But she would never be tied down She said that she was getting out The first chance she had she'd take it Don't know when Don't know how But I know for sure that I'll make it So on the day that she She turned 18 She bought a ticket for the Greyhound bus He looked up from his cowboy hat and said "Oh baby, what about us?" She said "I've got to go I've got to bloom But in this small town babe, there ain't no room For this Wild Rose" And he looked at her and said Well baby, you can bloom no matter where you are You don't have to live in the sky to be a star You don't have to be the sun to shine Baby, just be mine She got on the bus said "I just can't stay" She didn't look back as they pulled away But the humming of the tires couldn't drown out The words she heard him say And there beside the road she saw a Wild Rose And it bloomed out where God had planted it On an old rusty barbwire fence And all of a sudden it all made sense when he said Baby, you can bloom no matter where you are You don't have to live in the sky to be a star You don't have to be the sun to shine Baby, just be mine Well the bus pulled away with an empty seat She made a call saying "baby, come and get me" They drove all through the night and we're home To see an Oklahoma sunrise Sittin' on the porch late at night Watching their babies chasin' fireflies The little one looks up at the sky And says "I wanna be a star" And they said "baby, you can bloom No matter where you are You don't have to live in the sky to be a star"