Taylor Hicks Album

It's a whole new education
I'm learning from you all the time
There's no need for explanation
Your examples do just fine

I'm getting an A in broken hearts
I got my degree in crying
You tell me it's not fair but I am so gone
Oh I loved you why'd you do me so wrong
And to think I sat there singing you a love song
I'd give you everything
But all I'd get from you is your runaround

You don't like these accusations
But I have seen with my own eyes
The compromising situation
Is you walk around in your disguise

And I aced the broken hearts
I got my degree in crying
You tell me it's not fair but I am so gone
Oh I loved you why'd you do me so wrong
And to think I sat there singing you a love song
Oh I'd give you everything
All I'd get from you is your runaround

Oh I aced the broken hearts
I got my degree in crying
You tell me it's not fair but I am so gone
Oh I loved you and why'd you do me so wrong
And to think I sat there singing you a love song
I'd give you everything
But all I'd get from you is your runaround

Oooooooh yeah.
Runaround
No more lovin' on the run
Runaround
No more, just a havin' fun
Is your runaround
Oooooh
Oooh yeah yeah yeah
Is your runaround

I've been waiting
I've been aching
Now you're fading out of reach
I was angry
Now I'm sorry
Have mercy over me

Because a life without love would only be a living hell
I don't wanna be alone and I don't want no one else
So I dream myself awake
And I tear myself to pieces
I've had more than I can take
But I just don't see me leaving
Do me wrong
Do me right
Do me anyway you want tonight
I can't get enough of you baby
I can't get enough of you baby

I remember back when we were babies
Young crazies
And you made my soul complete

Yeah you saved me
Now you hate me
And our love won't doubt on me

Because life without love is gonna be a living hell
I don't wanna be alone and I don't want no one else
So I dream myself awake
And I tear myself to pieces
I've had more than I can take
But I just don't see me leaving
Do me wrong
Do me right
Do me anyway you want tonight
I can't get enough of you baby
I can't get enough of you baby
I can't get enough of you
I can't get enough of you
I can't get you out of my mind

So I dream myself awake
And I tear myself to pieces
I've had more than I can take
But I just don't see me leaving
Do me wrong
Do me right
Do me anyway you want tonight
Any way you want tonight
I can't get enough of you baby
I can't get enough of you baby
I can't get enough of you baby
I can't get enough of you baby

You took my heart, baby,
And you broke it in a thousand pieces
I may not have been much to you,
But every man still needs a reason

See, I tried so hard to love you girl
Paid attention to your every need
And right now my soul is crying out
Cause you mean so much to me

I'm crying "How you say goodbye so easily?
Why you take your lovin' so far from me?"
Now I'm calling out desperately,
"Won't you cut me some slack?"

Heaven knows I did everything you asked me to
Gave you all my love, but nothing was enough for you
I got down on my knees, prayed for you to come around,
But my prayers went unanswered 'cause you always let me down
Heaven knows I tried
Heaven knows I tried

Now what kind of man do you consider me
When I work from 5 to 5,
When I come home I put my time in, girl,
Just to keep our love alive?

Honey, I tried so hard to please you
Because you know how much I need you
Oh girl, my soul is crying out
And I'm on my bended knee crying,

"How you say goodbye so easily?
Why you take your lovin' so far from me?"
Now I'm calling out desperately,
"Won't you cut me some slack?"

Heaven knows I did everything you asked me to
Gave you all my love, but nothing was enough for you
I got down on my knees, prayed for you to come around,
But my prayers went unanswered 'cause you always let me down
Heaven knows I tried
Heaven knows I tried

Ever since that day you left me, girl,
I haven't had a wink of sleep
'cause I've been crying all night long, girl
Don't you know what you mean to me?

How you say goodbye so easily?
Why you take your lovin' so far from me?
Now I'm calling out desperately,
"Won't you cut me some slack?"

Heaven knows I did everything you asked me to
Gave you all my love, but nothing was enough for you
I got down on my knees, prayed for you to come around
But my prayers went unanswered, 'cause you always let me down
Heaven knows I tried
Heaven knows I tried
It's raining tears tonight
Heaven knows I tried

When I was a little boy, I felt so alone
Quiet country house that I had to call home
Living with a couple of folks, rich millionaires
Sat on their money; Lord, it seems they didn't care

Finally we moved to our own place
where I could walk around with a smile on my face,
and I knew in order to be a man
I had to pull up my roots and move on in this land

I'm gonna move away from here
You can find me if you wanna go there
I'm gonna move away from here
You can find me if you wanna go there

Came to a school in the big city
Looked around at the lights and I thought they were pretty
They told me and teached me to live by their rules
So I wouldn't be nobody's fool

I found out, not too long
Their rules wouldn't let me sing my song
I knew in order to be a man
I had to pull up my roots once again and move on in this land

I'm gonna move away from here
You can find me if you wanna go there
I'm gonna move away from here
You can find me if you wanna go there

I'm gonna move away from here
You can find me if you wanna go there
I'm gonna move away from here
You can find me if you wanna go there

Then I joined the college ranks
There they said they'd teach me how to think
They gave me books to read and papers to write
They didn't know about this boy's coming fight

But I found out after awhile
reading those books was making me lose my smile
I knew in order to not conceal
I had to play music and express what I feel

I'm gonna move away from here
You can find me if you wanna go there
I'm gonna move away from here
You can find me if you wanna go there

I'm gonna move away from here
You can find me if you wanna go there
I'm gonna move away from here
You can find me if you wanna go there

By the look in your eyes
I can tell you're gonna cry
Is it over me?
If it is, save your tears
For I'm not worth it, you see

For I'm the type of boy who is always on the roam
Wherever I lay my hat, that's my home
That's my home

You had romance
Did you break it by chance
Over me?
If it's so, I'd like for you to know
That I'm not worth it, you see

For I'm the type of boy who is always on the roam
Wherever I lay my hat, that's my home
I'm telling you, that's my home

Oh, you keep telling me,
You keep telling me I'm your man
What do I have to do
To make you understand?

For I'm the type of guy who gives a girl the eye,
Everyone knows
But I love them and leave them,
Break their hearts and deceive them
Everywhere I go

Don't you know that I'm the type of man
Who is always on the roam?
Wherever I lay my hat, that's my home

Yeah, wherever I lay my hat, that's my home
I'm telling you that's my home
That's my home

Yeah, I'm telling you that's my home
That's my home
Oh no, telling you baby, that's my home
Yeah, that's my home

I'm rolling out
On Friday night
Got my good shoes on
And i'm all right
I got this crazy feeling
Down in my bones

I walk in the room
And the party's on
Everybody dancing
To blue eyed soul
Then i saw you baby
Standing alone

There was magic in the air
I was trying not to stare
But you caught me,
You caught me cold
Now there's nothing I can do

(but if you give me tonight) i'm gonna lay my burden down
(what i got on my mind) baby, it's you
(got this feeling inside) that you're feeling me too
So I'm making my move
(baby give me tonight)

Now here we are
And the vibe is real
We can make this happen
Tell me how you feel
You know my love is waiting, honey,
Take the wheel

There was magic in the air
You were trying not to stare
But I caught you
I caught you cold
Now there's nothing you can do

(but if you give me tonight) i'm gonna lay my burden down
(what i got on my mind) baby, it's you
(got this feeling inside) that you're feeling it too
So I'm making my move
(baby give me tonight)

It was a flash
Happened so fast
You looked at me
I knew

That's all it took
To get me hooked
And now i'm following through

There's just no way
That I can stay
Stay away from you
Now I'm making my move

(but if you give me tonight) i'm gonna lay my burden down
(what i got on my mind) baby, it's you
(got this feeling inside) that you're feeling me too
So I'm making my move
I'm making my move

(but if you give me tonight) i'm gonna lay my burden down
(what i got on my mind) baby, it's you
(got this feeling inside) so I'm making my move
Baby give me tonight

I feel you letting go
Holding on, caught in between
Could you risk the pain
Take the chance your heart might bleed
Just to feel that way

Can't keep running in circles
I'm standing right here
Could you rewrite the story
But trade all the tears
Oh it's not too late to feel that way

Take a walk on the wire
I won't let you go
We'll follow the streetlights
Down this jagged road
We'll break it all open
Finding our way
We might end up broken and wounded
But baby it's worth it
for even one day
Just to feel that way

Let this moment unravel
and we'll be alright
The world might be gone tomorrow
But we're here tonight
Oh it's not too late just to feel that way
Let's walk on the wire
I won't let you go
We'll follow the streetlights
Down this jagged road
We'll break it all open
Finding our way
We might end up broken and wounded
But baby it's worth it
For even one day

Just to fall apart
I don't care
I'm not going anywhere
Without you being here by my side
Yeah I just don't feel right
We'll follow the streetlights

Let's walk on the wire
I won't let you go
We'll follow the streetlights
Down this jagged road
We'll break it all open
Finding our way
We might end up broken and wounded
But baby it's worth it
For even one day
For even one day
Just to feel that way
Just to feel that way

Shadows to the right, and to the left
I see myself and i'm not myself
Nowhere to stop, nowhere to go
And I just don't know of anything else.

It's 4 o'clock in the morning but i'm wide awake
And thoughts of you prey on my mind,
I know i'm outsmarted this time.

I got in, but I can't get out that way.
Baby you got me all caught up,
You don't know what a maze you made.
I got in a little deeper everyday,
You know I don't wanna be found
Runnin' around in a maze you made.

Faithful to a fault, until the end,
You know i'll be there, follow anywhere.
No exit sign, just another turn,
And I might get burned but I just don't care.
I'm tired of overthinkin' til I can't see straight,
And visions of you weigh on my mind,
There's no escaping this time.

I got in, but I can't get out that way.
Baby you got me all caught up,
You dont know what a maze you made.
I got in a little deeper everyday,
You know I don't wanna be found
Runnin' around in a maze you made.

So up and back and 'round the same corner I turn,
And I get so high but then I feel the slide down to earth.

Guess you're a lesson that I need to make work,
But I can't learn, no I can't learn.

No I can't get out that way,
Baby you got me all caught up,
You don't know what a maze you made.
I got in, but I can't get out that way.
You know I don't wanna be found
Runnin' around in a maze you made.

Woah,
Runnin' around
You know I don't wanna be found,
In a maze you made,
Woah, yeah,
You know I don't wanna be found
Runnin' around in a maze you made.

I think of all the places I've been
it always comes down to one thing
The only place I want to be
is with you

I think of all the faces Ive seen
and though they all mean something to me
The only face I want to see
belongs to you

All the places I've been meant nothing
They were nowhere
'cause you were not there

Everything I've been through
Everything before you
Was just time moving on
with no meaning
You're what was missing

I think of all the people I've known
Some I've loved with all of my soul
But the one that I have loved the most is you

I think of all the things that I've learned
and after all the pages I've turned
the only place I want to turn is to you

All the places i've been meant nothing
They were nowhere
'cause you were not there

Everything I've been through
Everything before you
was just time moving on with no meaning
You're what was missing

I think of all the places I've been
and it always comes down to one thing
The only palce I want to be is with you

And after everything that I've done
And after everyone that I've loved
The only thing I know is true
The only place I want to be is with you
The only place I want to be is with you
The only place I want to be is with you

I've been traveling all these years,
just barely getting by.
The road can be your friend
or the devil in disguise.

When the tough get going,
the muses visit me.
Yet in soft, low tones,
they always say to me,
say to me,

"It ain't no groove thing,
It ain't no country twang,
It's a simple refrain;
It's a soul thang." (2x)

Where the city street meets the county road,
where the sun is nice and warm,
no matter how long I may roam,
this song still takes us home,
Takes us home.

Now we'll tell you about these times,
when the blues come out to play,
and jazz leaves her number...
it's funny, she always says:

"It ain't no groove thing,
It ain't no country twang,
It's a simple refrain;
It's a soul thang." (2x)

Now I'll tell you about these times,
when the blues come out to play,
and jazz leaves her number...
It's funny, she always says:

"Well, the city lights fly by me,
as their eyes are getting heavy.
We're sending our love over telephone wire.
These days getting lonelier by the mile...by the mile."

It ain't no groove thing,
It ain't no country twang,
It's a simple refrain;
It's a soul thang. (2x)

It ain't no groove thing,
Yeah, ain't no country twang,
It's a simple refrain;
It's a soul thang. (2x)

The suns shinin and its rainin
no better way to describe my feel
when you left my heart was complainin
how a couple o days can act like years
I know livin with me aint easy
when I tell you how I feel
a simple phrase hard to put it into words
Let it Grow,
Let it Show,
Let it Flow,
I'm here to show you, baby this love is real
wherever you go, my hearts bound to follow
wherever you go, then i'll be there
this bein gone's been a tough pill to swallow
I hope you can feel me in the air
now I dont mind a whole lotta waitin love
if this is truly how you feel
im tired of scratchin those reservations
if I just might, tonite, then all right,
if its real, then go home baby,
and lets make that deal
mmm, make that deal
i've given you the best ive got to offer
cuz there aint no more in here to see
this preminition I have is awful
thanks to the moonbeam's generosity
now I dont mind a whole lotta waitin love
if this is truly how you feel
im tired of scratchin those reservations
if I just might, tonite, then all right
if it's real, then go on baby
if I just might, tonite
then all right
if it's real, then go on baby
lets make that deal
mmmhmmm, lets make that deal

If it's lovin' that you want
Well it's lovin' you'll receive
Cause you've come to the right place, baby

Where the door is always open
If you need some company
You've come to the right place, baby

Heaven knows
That I can't read your mind
We can turn it around
Darlin' one step at a time

Angel
Oh angel can't you see
That I can't live without you
So baby won't you help me please

When there's no one left to trust
Well I think that you'll agree
That you've come to the right place, baby

When you're down on your luck
Just look around you'll see
That you've come to the right place, baby

Sometimes you don't know
What you've got until it's gone
But didn't you look around
And it was right there all along

Cause angel, angel
You've got to understand
That I don't want to be with out you
Oh, won't you help me if you can

I aint askin' for the world
I just want you to believe
That you've come to the right place, baby

When there's no one else to hold you
Well I'll be there yes indeed
Oh, you've come to the right place, baby
Yeah you've come to the right place
Oh, you've come to the right place, baby
Yeah you've come to the right place
Yes indeed

I've been doin' lots of time
Workin' on Love's assembly line
And now it's kinda hard to make my way
Love has made for a hell of a day

Hell of a day is what love has made
They never said love was an easy trade
Say, if you don't mind, I'll be on my way
Well, Love has made for a hell of a day

So you can get on with your life, baby
And I can get on with mine
There ain't no time for heartbreak or sorrow
You can't be too concerned over spilled wine

Hell of a day is what love has made
They never said love was an easy trade
And now it's kinda hard to make my way
Love has made for a hell of a day

(4 measures instrumental)

I've been workin' with the heart's metallurgy
And the nights have become cold
In this world, a lonesome feelin'
You can't turn silver into gold

Hell of a day, yeah, is what love has made
They never said love was an easy trade
And now it's kinda hard to make my way
Love has made for a hell of a day

Hell of a day is what love has made
They never said love was an easy trade
Say, if you don't mind, I'll be on my way
Well, Love has made for a hell of a day

I've never been the one to raise my hand
That was not me, and now that's who I am
Because of you, I am standing tall
My heart is full of endless gratitude
You were the one, the one to guide me through
Now I can see and I believe
It's only just beginning

[CHORUS:]
This is what we dream about
But the only question with me now
Is do I make you proud?
Stronger than I've ever been now
Never been afraid of standing out
But do I make you proud?

Everybody needs to rise up
Everybody needs to be loved
To be loved

[CHORUS:]
This is what we dream about
But the only question with me now
Is do I make you, do I make you proud?
There ain't no question, just do I make you proud?
Stronger than I've ever been now
Never been afraid of standing out
But do I make you proud?
Do I make you proud?