Hootie & the Blowfish

With a little love, and some tenderness
We’ll walk upon the water
We’ll rise above the 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 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
Oh, the best that I can

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
Well, there’s nothing I can do
I been looking for a girl like you

You look at me, you got nothing left to say
I’m gonna balance you until I get my way
I won’t dance, you won’t sing
I just want to love you
But you want to wear my ring

Well, there’s nothing I can do
I only wanna be with you
You can call me your fool
I only wanna be with you

Put on a little Dylan, sitting on a fence
I say that line is great, you ask me what it 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”

I only wanna be with you
Ain’t Bobby so cool?
I only wanna be with you

Yeah, I’m tangled up in blue
I only wanna be with you
You can call me your fool
I 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
I only wanna be with you

You can call me your fool
I only wanna be with you

Yeah, I’m tangled up in blue
I only wanna be with you
I only wanna be with you
I only wanna be with you
I only wanna be with you

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 ’bout tomorrow?
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 a rag

Time hey, there red and blue
Wash them in the ocean, make them clean
Maybe their mother won’t cry tonight

Can you teach me about tomorrow
And all the pain and sorrow running free?
But tomorrow’s just another day
And I don’t believe in

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, just lay me down in sleep

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

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
And now only lasts for one second, one second

Can you teach me ’bout tomorrow
And all the pain and sorrow, running free?
‘Cause tomorrow’s just another day
And I don’t believe in time

You ain’t no friend of mine
I don’t know where I’m goin’
I think I’m out of my mind

Walking, wasting
You ain’t no friend of mine
And I don’t know where I’m goin’
No, no, no, no

Is just
Wasting, wasting, wasting time

Time why you punish me?

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 never lets me in
Only tells me where 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
Then I pray to God you gotta help me fly away
And just

CHORUS
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 standin’ by the phone
Saying, “Baby, maybe I’ll be back someday”
I wanted to look for you
You walked in I didn’t know just what I should do
So, I sat back down and had a beer and felt sorry for myself
Saying

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Last night I tried to leave
Cried so much I could not believe
She was the same girl I fell in love with long ago
She went in the back to get high
And I sat down on my couch and cried
Yelling “Oh mama, please help me
Won’t you hold my hand”
And

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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
He took you too soon

And now my days are short and my nights are long
I lay down with memories of you keep that keep me going on, going on
And 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 soul begins to bleed
And no one is listening to me, not even the trees
Oh no no no no no no no

Well, an old man said to me
In a voice filled with pain
“Where you going, young man?”
Said, “I’m going to fight a war
Gonna fight for my country in some foreign land”

He said, “The sun will never hurt you
Never harmed anyone, but you must realize
If you try to stare her down
She will win in the end
She will burn your eyes, she will burn them”

Seen a million places
Seen a million faces die
Well, I wonder, who will walk with me
When I get to Heaven

He said, “Boy I was young once
Yeah, I was tough, sailing on Uncle Sam’s boat
Hey, I could kill the enemy
I could die on foreign streets
But I could not vote”

“But now you walk by me
You won’t talk to me, say this is my fate
But every time you walk, the streets, boy
Most of them you meet, you see
It’s you they hate, it’s you, yeah”

Seen a million faces
Seen a million places die, places die
Well, I wonder who will walk with me
When I get to Heaven, I hope I get there

Seen a million places
Seen a million faces die
Well, I wonder, who will walk with me
When I get there

See this woman sitting next to me?
She’s been there for a long, long, time
And when I fell, she picked me up
And when I cried, she wiped my tears
I thank God she’s mine

And when I leave this world
She won’t have anything, but her love for me
Well, the man took everything else
He made me hate myself, so just let her be, boy
Won’t you let her be? Yeah

Seen a million places
Seen a million faces die
Seen a million mothers cry
Seen a million brothers dying

But I wonder who will walk with me
When I get there, when I get to Heaven
I hope I get there
When I get to Heaven, yeah

Wanna tell you ’bout the girl I love
My she looks so fine
She’s the only one that I been dreamin’ of
Maybe someday she will be all mine
I wanna tell her that I love her so
I thrill with her every touch
I need to tell her she’s the only one I really love

CHORUS
I got a woman, wanna ball all day
I got a woman; she won’t be true, no
I got a woman, stay drunk all the time
I said I got a little woman and she won’t be true

Sunday morning when we go down to church
See the menfolk standin’ in line
I said they come to pray to the Lord
With my little girl, looks so fine
In the evening when the sun is sinkin’ low
Everybody’s with the one they love
I walk the town
Keep a-searchin’ all around:
Lookin’ for my street corner girl

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In the bars, with the men who play guitars
Singin’, Drinkin’ and rememberin’ the times
My little lover does a midnight shift
She followed around all the time
I guess there’s just one thing a -left for me to do
Gonna pack my bags and move on my way
Cause I got a worried mind
Sharin’ what I thought was mine
Gonna leave her where the guitars play

I got a woman, she won’t be true, no no
I got a woman, wanna ball all day
I got a woman, stay drunk all the time
I got a little woman and she won’t be true

(Hey, hey what can I do)

I said she won’t be true

(Hey, hey what can I say)

Hey, hey, what can I do
I got a woman she won’t be true
Lord, hear what I say
I got a woman, wanna ball all day

Staring back at you
Did you see my lips
Or were you smiling right in front of me?

Your father called my name
Then he smiled with great relief
‘Cause it wasn’t me that you were clinging to

He made you turn around
You do that thing you do
And then you laughed with me

I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know but I’m makin’ time to call
I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know but she’s watching me leave

Just wish they’d turn around
Just wish they’d try to see
But they don’t understand and that’s alright with me, I’m leaving now

Going down to tucker’s town
Where I can lie for free
Nobody stares at me and I’d love to hurt the population

She called last night
I said, “I’m about to leave”
Then I heard him scream, “I’ll pack your bags”, ’cause

I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know but I’m makin’ time to call
I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know but I’m leaving here

To see the world through your rosy glasses
I’ll teach you to fly but they teach greed
We live the belt but I can bleed

I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know, I don’t know, what I can’t see
I don’t know, I, I, I, what I can’t see, what I can’t see
Well I don’t know, I, what I can’t see
I don’t know, I, I, I

Every time I look at you, I go blind
Every time I look at you, I go blind
In the mornin’ I get up, and I try to
Feel alive, but I can’t
Every time I look at you, I go blind
I don’t know what it is
Something in me just won’t give me a chance
I think it’s that I feel more confused
By the deal love has shown me
Little child, did you know that there’s a light,
And it’s gonna shine right through your eyes
What do you think that life is like?
Every time I look at you, I go blind
I go blind
Well somewhere over there there’s a purpose,
There’s a care for free
In me there’s no body, no one plan,
No one stand to be free
I think it’s that because I have seen all the fuss
And it’s no big deal, No big deal
Hold me, hold me ’cause I want to get higher and higher,
Higher than life

I know she said
Before you left me you were free
So I’ll just lay me down
Control has left me
And I can’t feel another thing
So let me turn around
Do you really want to play these games
Just to keep things going
Or are you ready now to let it be
It’s like sometimes you want to see the rain
But the sun gets in your eyes
And you want to die now
Control has left me
And I can’t feel another thing
So let me turn around
I see I see
But things just couldn’t be the same
So let me hold you down
Never let me down I swore to you
But now I lied
I’m here to make it all seem worthwhile
You want I know
But I’ll have to try
To find a way to make me quiet now
Control has left me
And I can’t feel another thing, so let me turn around
I see I see
But things just couldn’t be the same
So won’t you hunt her down
I know she said
Before you left me you were free
So I’ll just lay me down

I wonder
Why are we involved with the seasons?
And the living of our own
Let me see if nothing’s wrong
I just want to be the one

She wanted
You still give her all our lives
Let her be, son, who is she buying?
See her crawl, I’ll just make it out now
(Now)

(We don’t see it bleeding)
I want to fly with you
(Something no one’s needing)

I left the other day but you’re never here
You only listen to things you want to save
But the power, it’s okay with you
You knew I’d find something else to do
(Now)

Let me be the one
(We don’t see it bleeding)
I wanna fly, I wanna die with you
(Something no one’s)

See it’s not like they
Are gonna take my faith away
Let me in, it’s okay now
Close the door

Is it really needing?
When you find a pace that’s only yours
Just go he beams, well I’ve died for good now
Let me feel it, let her come, let her run, let her run
(Now)

Let me be the one
(We don’t see it bleeding)
I can’t feel it, I can’t see it
I, I feel dumb
(Something no one’s needing)
I feel dumb
(We don’t see it, feel it)
Dumb
Dumb

My friends feel it’s their appointed duty
They keep trying to tell me all you want to do is use me
But my answer yeah to all that use me stuff
I wanna spread the news that if it feels this good getting used
Oh you just keep on using me until you use me up
Until you use me up
My brother sits me right down and he talked to me
He told me that I ought not to let you just walk on me
And I’m sure he meant well yeah but when our talk was through
I said brother if you only knew you’d wish that you were in my shoes
You just keep on using me until you use me up
Until you use me up
Oh sometimes yeah it’s true you really do abuse me
You get in a crowd of high-class people and then you act real rude to me
But oh baby, baby, baby, baby when you love me I can’t get enough
I wanna spread the news that if it feels this good getting used
Oh you just keep on using me until you use me up
Until you use me up
Talking about you using me but it all depends on what you do
It ain’t too bad the way you’re using me
Causes I sure am using you to do the things you do
Ah ha to do the things you do

Aboard his ship he stops to stare
Needs to smell her, touch her hair
Say’s “I can’t be without her”
Tonight he’s going to be without her

“It’s late now”, she says
Makes her mind up goes to bed
Another night alone without him
Another night alone in Charleston

When I wake to find the solace of
All that we’ve become
I can’t wait to make the promises
I’ve been leery of

I’ll be there waiting for you
In the morning when times have changed
I’ll be there through the lies and all
Standing like your soldiers
You hold your secrets
Through the days when I need to be alone
I will wait for you
Through the lies and all

She was left behind so they could stay
God to feel him this she prays
It would make her feel so much better
I want to feel so much better

What else can I do when the tears have all been wasted?
And the only voice you choose to hear
sings the songs of our hearts breaking
Now my dreams, they all have changed
Well, my smiles, they all have faded
The thoughts that used to seem so pure in my heart,
they now feel jaded
Because I wanna feel like I did
And I wanna feel innocence
What else can it be except this pride I’m sick of drinking
The storm clouds all have gone away
Can we stop this thing from sinking?
Because I wanna feel like I did
And I wanna feel innocence
I want you to know,
and to feel in your soul,
that someone has come and gone
Stuck up here with you
I never thought we’d get this high
I used to be afraid of falling
Now I’ll spread my wings and I will fly
I wanna feel like I did
And I wanna feel innocence
I wanna feel like I did
Oh, and I wanna feel innocence, oh I

I see it inside your eyes,
feel it in your soul
A part of you is moving on,
the other half is gone
I don’t know what you want from me,
no, you lock it all inside
I try to give you everything,
but there’s nothing else that I can hide
We’ve been trying so long
You’ve been pushing too hard
You should say what’s wrong and echo what’s right
You need a little space and I need mine
When you and I all alone, it feels so damn crowded
The house we share is not a home when you’re inside it
So, now, I go and pack my things, girl,
I must be moving on
I couldn’t stand to face you,
so I, I guess that’s why I wrote this song
You’ve been trying so long
We’ve been pushing too hard
You should say what’s wrong and echo what’s right
You need a little space and I need mine
Oh, oh, oh, we’ve been trying so long
You’ve been pushing too hard
You should say what’s wrong and echo what’s right
You need a little space and I need mine
You need a little space and I need mine

Hello again
Your words they make me smile
As I drift away
In my little room upstairs

Oh I spend my nights
Imagining your face your touch
Then I realize
How I don’t even know your name

If we could share our time
Would I disappoint your fantasies
I believe that you could be the one I’m needing
’cause I’m

only lonely on the inside
didn’t mean to take away your dreams
only lonely on the inside
when you close your eyes to your deepest thoughts

I could start to give apologies
For all the stupid things That I will say and I will do
If we should ever cross the same place at the same time
Would your world skip a beat ’cause it was me

If we could share our life
Would I disappoint your memories
I believe that I could be the one you’re needing
And I’m

CHORUS

If I could give back your hopes your joys your treasures
Don’t you think that I would change my world
But there’s so many things trying to pull us together
Even though we’re far apart I can still watch you walk away

Only lonely on the inside
Didn’t mean to take away your dreams
Only lonely on the inside
When you close your eyes do you see me

(in your deepest thoughts do you see me)
(when you close your eyes, in your deepest thoughts do you see me)

All your life you’ve waited
For love to come and stay
And now that I have found you
I must not slip away
I know its hard believing
The words you heard before
Darling you must trust them please
Trust them just once more

Cause baby goodbye doesn’t mean forever
Let me tell you goodbye
Doesn’t mean we’ll never be together again
If you wake up and I’m not there
I won’t be long away oh
And all the things you do my goodbye girl
Will bring me back to you

I know you’ve been taken
Afraid to hurt again
You find the love you feel for me
Instead of giving in
I can’t wait forever oh
Helping you to see
That I was meant for you my love
And you were meant for me

Remember goodbye doesn’t mean forever
Let me tell you goodbye
Doesn’t mean we’ll never be together again
Though we may be so far apart
You still have my heart
So forget your past my goodbye girl
Now your home at last…. at last

Though we maybe so far apart
You still have my heart
So forget your past my goodbye girl
Now your home at last oh
It doesn’t mean forever
Goodbye doesn’t mean we’ll never be together oh

Goodbye doesn’t mean forever
We remember goodbye
Goodbye Goodbye girl