Sounds Better In The Song
Album(s): Decoration Day,Sung by: Mike Cooley
Written by: Mike Cooley
When I saw her standing there, with her bright eyes and shining hair,
she was looking back at me.
Some are meant to sing, some are meant to talk,
and some aren't meant to say a thing.
But when she opened up her mouth and that sweet voice came out,
I lost track of my own name.
Now she's found herself, and I lost mine,
and I'm just another guy who can't give her anything.
Well the drifter, he holds on to his youth just like it was money in the bank.
And "Lord knows, I can't change" sounds better in the song than it does with hell to pay.
I might as well have slipped that ring on your finger from a window of a van as it drove away.
'cause now she's found herself, and I lost mine,
and I'm just another guy who can't give her anything.
Dreams are given to you when you're young enough to dream 'em,
before they can do you any harm.
They don't start to hurt, unless you try to hold on to them
after seeing what they really are.
She used to dream 'em with me, every single crazy one,
until they started hurting her too, now she's got some of her own.
And outgrowing me might be the best thing for her she's ever done.
A light that's meant to shine as bright as her's can't be kept in the shadows for too long.
A heart that wants to live, and a soul that wants to give can't just sit at home alone.
Lord, she's give me everything and never wanted anything I couldn't give.
Just what was inside of me.
And now she's found herself, and I lost mine,
and I'm just another guy who can't give her anything.
And now she's found herself, and I lost mine,
and I'm just another guy who can't give her anything.