Hootie & The Blowfish Album

You got your big girl 
Now you've got your young one too 
Wondering if some day I could have them 
the way I once had you 
I remember your crazy remarks 
We'd get drunk and go out after dark 
Searching for someone we could take home 
Chorus: 
You don't wanna be alone 
You don't want to see the sun go down 
You don't wanna open the door and see her go 
One step and tomorrow comes 
Two steps and she's off with someone 
Three steps and it's all you know 
You'll be gone, she'll be gone 
So what are you gonna do about me 
I'll be there when you have no one else 
I'll be there, be your friend 
Hold on strong, don't let go 
There will never be no one to take your place 
So don't you want to reach out and take my hand 

With a little love, and some tenderness 
We'll walk upon the water 
We'll rise above this mess 
With a little peace, and some harmony 
We'll take the world together 
We'll take 'em by the hand 
'Cause I've got a hand for you 
'Cause I wanna run with you 
Yesterday, I saw you standing there 
Your head was down, your eyes were red 
No comb had touched your hair 
I said get up, and let me see you smile 
We'll take a walk together 
Walk the road awhile, 'cause 
'Cause I've got a hand for you 
I've got a hand for you 
'Cause I wanna run with you 
Won't you let me run with you? yeah 
Hold my hand 
Want you to hold my hand 
Hold my hand 
I'll take you to a place where you can be 
Hold my hand 
Anything you wanna be because 
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can 
See I was wasted, and I was wasting time 
'Till I thought about your problems, I thought about your crimes 
Then I stood up, and then I screamed aloud 
I don't wanna be part of your problems 
Don't wanna be part of your crowd, no 
'Cause I've got a hand for you 
I've got a hand for you 
'Cause I wanna run with you 
Ah, won't you let me run with you? 
Hold my hand 
Want you to hold my hand 
Hold my hand 
I'll take you to the promised land 
Hold my hand 
Maybe we can't change the world but 
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can, yeah 
Hold my hand 
Want you to hold my hand 
Hold my hand 
I'll take you to a place where you can be 
Hold my hand 
Anything you wanna be because 
I...Oh...No, No, No, No, No 
Hold my hand 
Want you to hold my hand 
Hold my hand 
I'll take you to the promised land 
Hold my hand 
Maybe we can't change the world but 
I wanna love you the best that, best that I can 

She sits alone by a lamppost 
trying to find a thought that's escaped her mind 
She says Dad's the one I love the most 
but Stipe's not far behind 
She lets me in 
only tell me where's she's been 
when she's had too much to drink 
I say that I don't care I just run my hands 
through her dark hair and I pray to God 
you gotta help me fly away 
And just¡­ 
Let her cry¡­if the tears fall down like rain 
Let her sing¡­if it eases all her pain 
Let her go¡­let her walk right out on me 
And if the sun comes up tomorrow 
Let her be¡­let her be. 
This morning I woke up alone 
found a note by the phone 
saying maybe I'll be back some day 
I wanted to look for you 
You walked in I didn't know just what to do 
so I sat back down had a beer and felt sorry for myself. 
-Chorus- 
-Solo- 
-Chorus- 
Last nite I tried to leave 
She cried so much I just 
could not believe 
she was the same girl I 
fell in love with long ago 
She went in the back to 
get high 
I sat down on my couch 
and cried 
yelling oh mama please 
help me 
won't you hold my hand. 
-Chorus- 

You and me 
We come from different worlds 
You like to laugh at me 
When I look at other girls 
Sometimes you're crazy 
And you wonder why 
I'm such a baby 
Cause the Dolphins make me cry 
Chorus: 
Well there's nothing I can do 
I only wanna be with you 
You can call me your fool 
Only wanna be with you 
Put on a little Dylan 
sitting on a fence 
I say that line is great 
You ask me what I meant by 
"Said I shot a man named Gray 
Took his wife to Italy 
She inherited a million bucks 
And when she died it came to me 
I can't help it if I'm lucky" 
Only wanna be with you 
Ain't Bobby so cool 
Only wanna be with you 
(Solo) 
Yeah I'm tangled up in blue 
Only wanna be with you 
You can call me your fool 
Only wanna be with you 
Sometimes I wonder 
If it will ever end 
You get so mad at me 
When I go out with my friends 
Sometimes you're crazy 
And you wonder why 
I'm such a baby yeah 
The Dolphins make me cry 
Well there's nothing I can do 
Only wanna be with you 
You can call me your fool 
Only wanna be with you 
Yeah I'm tangled up in blue 

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth 
Come on try and tell me what you're talkin about 
Those things you're dealing with, you're living a lie 
Every time I see you it makes me wanna cry 
Sometimes we'd laugh and talk, seems like yesterday 
Then you let the white horse come and take you away 
They came to get you, it was cold and black 
The wheels were in motion, there was no turning back 
Chorus: 
Running from and angel, runnin to the devil 
I looked up to you a long time ago 
But there's something I want you to know 
Your lying and cheating really tore us apart 
Please don't come home if you're gonna break my momma's heart 
Chorus 
Ad lib (over solo section) 
Chorus 

Mama please don't go 
Won't you stay here for one more day 
I've been your boy for so long now 
There's so much I still have to say 
Sky rips open, and I hold my heart in my hand 
Like a soldier on his very last day 
Cried myself to sleep that night, and I listened 
As I heard the angels sing 
Chorus: 
Sha la la la Sha la la la, I'm going home. 
Sha la la la Sha la la la, I'm going home. 
Something inside makes me scream 
How could God take you from a little boy 
He'll be alright, he's by my side 
He's no little boy, he's my pride and joy 
Repeat chorus 
Summer on the radio and the phone rings 
And it was Jeanette 
She said boy we had to let her go 
I begged her no, no not yet 
You left six of us to fend for ourselves 
I guess it's part of someone's master plan 
I see you laughing, you're my best friend 
You're the light of the lamb, and I cried 
as the angels sing 

Trouble with the world is we're too busy to think about it, all right 
Why is there a rebel flag hanging from the state house walls? 
Tired of hearin' this shit about heritage not hate 
Time to make the world a better place 
Why must we hate one another? 
Well no matter what we gotta live together 
Just that you don't look like me, tell me what do you see 
When we pass on the street what do you wanna see 
P.E.'s coming is all I gotta say 
Wanna turn and run away 
They're just telling you how they see it 
Right or wrong they don't care, you wish that they would quit 
chorus: 
Drowning in a sea of tears 
Hatred trying to hide your fears 
Living only for yourself 
Hating everybody else 
Cause they don't look like you 
Nanci singing it's a hard life wherever you go 
About some fat racist living in Chicago 
Trying to teach his kids to hate everyone 
Well tell me why is that something you wanna teach your son? 
Why must we hate one another? 
When the people in the church, they tell me you're my brother 
You don't walk like me, ... you don't talk like me, saying 
Go back to Africa, I just don't understand 
(chorus) 
I'm trying to be someone that he could look up to, but 
When I walk down the street, tell me what do you see 
I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a man 
No I'm not like you 
Why do you hate me so 
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know 

Time, why you punish me? 
Like a wave bashing into the shore 
You wash away my dreams. 
Time, why you walk away? 
Like a friend with somewhere to go 
You left me crying 
Can you teach me about tommorrow 
And all the pain and sorrow 
Running free? 
Cause tomorrow's just another day 
And I don't believe in time 
Time, I don't understand 
Children killing in the street 
Dying for the color of red 
Time, hey there red and blue 
Wash them in the ocean, make them clean, 
Maybe their mothers won't cry tonight 
Can you teach me about tomorrow 
All the pain and sorrow 
Running free? 
But tomorrow's just another day 
And I don't believe in... 
chorus: 
Time is wasting 
Time is walking 
You ain't no friend of mine 
I don't know where i'm goin' 
I think I'm out of my mind 
Thinking about time 
And if I die tomorrow, yeah 
Just lay me down in sleep 
(chorus) 
Time, you left me standing there 
Like a tree growing all alone 
The wind just stripped me bare, stripped me bare 
Time, the past has come and gone 
The future's far away 
Now only lasts for one second, one second 
Can you teach me about tomorrow 
And all the pain and sorrow 
Running free? 
'Cause tomorrow's just another day 
And I don't believe in time 
(chorus) 

I saw her standing there 
Tears upon her cheek told me something was wrong 
I asked her what it was 
She looked away and said my daddy's home. 
I knew what that meant 
It meant that I could never see her again 
I had seen this once before 
I didn't wanna deal with it anymore 
Look away she said, as she turned to me 
And when I tried to hold her, I couldn't let her be 
Let her be, Let her be 
I said why, why do you make me cry 
She said I love you so, Look away I don't wanna know 
I saw her standing there 
Tears upon her cheek told me something's wrong 
I said what baby 
she looked away and said my daddy's home 
Look away she said, and she turned to me 
but darling, oh I loved her, couldn't let her be 
Let her be, Let her be 

Alone as I sit and watch the trees 
Won't you tell me if I scream will they bend down and listen to me 
And it makes me wonder if I know the words will you come 
Or will you laugh at me 
Or will I run 
Little boy says to me, 
"Where you goin' now son" 
I said, "I don't know where I'm goin' boy 
I only know where I'm from" 
And it makes me wonder 
If the stars shine when my eyes close 
Or does my brothers heart cry 
I don't know 
I'm a stranger in my home 
Now that everybody's gone 
Someone please talk to me 
Cause I feel you cry 
And you're sitting with him 
And I know I'll never see you again 
Lying down in Charleston under the Carolina sky 
You see I'm tired of feeling this pain 
I'm tired of living my own little lie 
And it makes me wonder 
When I see you in my dreams 
Does it mean anything 
Are you trying to talk to me 
I'm a stranger in my home 
Tell me are you feeling alone 
Someone tell me what to do 
'Cause I'm feeling strong 
And I wonder how you feel 
Do you realize my pain is for real 
I see you in my dreams 
And I wonder if you're looking down at me 
And smiling right now 
I wanna know if it's true 
When he looks at me 
Won't you tell me 
Does he realize he came down here 
And he took you too soon 
And now my days are short an my nights are long 
I lay down with memories of you keep that keep me going on, going on 
It makes me wonder as I sit and stare 
Will I see your face again 
Tell me, do you care 
I'm a stranger in my home 
Living life on my own 
Right now I just can't see 
'Cause i'm feeling weak 
And my sould begins to bleed 

Tomorrow used to be a day away 
Now love is gone and you're into someone far away. 
I never thought the day would come 
When I would see his hand, not mine, 
holding onto yours because I could not find the time. 
Now I can't deny 
nothing lasts forever 
I don't want to leave 
and I see the tear drops in your eyes 
I don't want to live to see the day we say goodbye 
Now there comes another part of life that I call alone 
sitting at a bar with Chris 
and I can't leave ¡®cause my house ain't no home, no. 
I just wanna touch you girl 
I wanna feel you close to me 
Without your love I would give up now 
and walk away so easily. 
So maybe while you're young 
We'll figure out together 
that even with the pain, there's a remedy 
and we'll be all right 
I don't want to live to see the day we say goodbye. 
When I first met you I couldn't love anyone 
but you stole my dreams and you made me see 
that I can walk under the sun 
and I can still be me 
and now I can't deny nothing lasts forever. 
But I don't want to leave and see the teardrops in your eyes 
So baby while we're young let's figure out together 
that even with the pain there's a remedy 
and we'll be all right. 
I don't want to live to see the day we say goodbye,