REO Speedwagon Album

Can't really say it's been a good year
I know I'll see better days
Some things that shouldn't have been going on around here
Have been going on anyways

I was face down in a pool of my own self-pity
Gotta pick myself up and get out of this city
Gotta leave before I hurt someone
There's a place somewhere I'm gonna find
Where I can feel safe and leave it all behind
Gonna get away and have myself a little fun

'Cause you can knock me down, run me over
Back up and run me down again
You ain't the first - I've been treated worse
Guess I oughta be more careful choosing my friends
Well, you can leave me cold - I'll recover
Say nasty things about my mother
Well, you can beat me, mistreat me
But guess who'll be smilin' in the end?

Playin' in bands since I was a kid
Always part of the brotherhood
But a lonely, only child
Only barely understood

I was told I'd never make it so many times before
The best and the brightest had shown me the door
But the more they tried to hold me back, the stronger I got
They said my songs were too simple, my voice was too weak
Said I was too young, too dumb, too much of a freak
They thought they could write me off
But there's somethin' they forgot

'Cause you can knock me down, run me over
Back up and run me down again
You ain't the first - I've been treated worse
Guess I oughta be more careful choosing my friends
Well, you can leave me cold - I'll recover
Say nasty things about my mother
Well, you can beat me, mistreat me
But guess who'll be smilin' in the end?

I won't say I ain't had my share of good luck
Good luck is fine, it just ain't enough

'Cause you can knock me down, run me over
Back up and run me down again
You ain't the first - I've been treated worse
Guess I oughta be more careful choosing my friends
Well, you can leave me cold - I'll recover
Say nasty things about my mother
Well, you can beat me, mistreat me
But guess who'll be smilin' in the end?

I need love like water
I need truth to soak me to the bone
I need my friends all around me now
'Cause I'l not doin' real well when I'm alone

See, my best friend, or at least I thought she was
Has found herself a new friend back at home
I'm drifting here on what's left of my heart
And my spirit is floatin' like a stonoe

Now, my faith is an illusion
My dreams, some passing ship
I'm reaching out for answers, but I'm losing my grip

So tell me, are you gonna go the distance
Step into the cold, hard rain
Are you gonna keep fightin' through and come back again
I'll forgive your trespasses
Ask your mercy for my own
I've gone as far as I can go
Now it's up to you to find your own way home

I need time, but there's no time
My emotions have dipped into the red
And this vision that I just can't wash away
Is tearin' in my head

And I believe in redemption
There's hope for every soul
But I can't wait forever for a miracle

So tell me, are you gonna go the distance
Step into the cold, hard rain
Are you gonna keep fightin' through and come back again
I'll forgive your trespasses
Ask your mercy for my own
I've gone as far as I can go
Now it's up to you to find your own way home

Some days I feel like letting go - I've held on for so long
Do I need to walk away to see how it feels when I'm gone

So tell me, are you gonna go the distance
Step into the cold, hard rain
Are you gonna keep fightin' through and come back again
I'll forgive your trespasses
Ask your mercy for my own
I've gone as far as I can go
Now it's up to you to find your own way home

So close to given up
Never before been so broken
Can I hold on long enough
Are there words yet left unspoken

Can I rise above the burning sea
Or am I human after all
Maybe I'm just higher than a man should be
Maybe I needed to fall

I needed to fall and come back stronger
I needed to crawl to find my way
And I pray we can look back on it all
Knowing that I needed to fall in love with you

So tired of living up
To an image laid upon me
Can I ever be enough
It all seems so far beyond me

And I take this weight upon my shoulders
While I appear to stand so tall
Thinking I can carry the world forever
Maybe I needed to fall

I needed to fall and come back stronger
I needed to crawl to find my way
And I pray we can look back on it all
Knowing that I needed to fall in love with you

There is just so much a man can bear
Until he starts to find it hard to care
And baby, I'm almost there

I needed to fall and come back stronger
I needed to crawl to find my way
And I pray we can look back on it all
Knowing that I needed to fall in love with you

I've been thinkin' too much, I've been drinkin' too much
And thinkin' and drinkin' for me is a dangerous combination
And I'm lonely as hell with a story to tell
I'm talkin' to myself and that's a dangerous conversation

Baby, you could save me tonight
You could make everything alright
You're lookin' better by the minute
I'm tryin' to keep from falling in it

But you may be just a little too much temptation
If we're gonna turn back, better turn back now
I'd say no, but I don't know how
Girl, I really should be leaving
But that's another conversation
Baby, you and me tonight is a dangerous combination

I've been trying so hard, feel like crying so hard
Baby, I may die trying to find a taste of sweet salvation
But it all looks so clear through these glasses of beer
And in your eyes, I've stumbled upon a double shot of inspiration
A rock and a hard place, I'm in between
Come on, baby, and set me free

But you may be just a little too much temptation
If we're gonna turn back, better turn back now
I'd say no, but I don't know how
Girl, I really should be leaving
But that's another conversation
Baby, you and me tonight is a dangerous combination

I am lost on the road of love
Twisted and tossed, so many lines have been crossed
I'm on my way, but for today
I'm just lost on the road of love

Gotta keep my eyes on the road of love
Everybody tries, everybody lies
So tell me true, baby where are you
Are you lost on the road of love

Oh, not a sign in sight
And I can't find my way by candlelight
Gotta keep moving, hold on tight
And the road of love just might bring me home tonight

Does it ever end, this road of love
Just around the bend, another future ex-friend
So hop inside and take a little ride
We'll get lost on this road of love

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