[Verse 1]We were in a race to grow upYesterday, through today, till tomorrowBut when the plant blew upA piece of shrapnel flew and slowed that part of youThe doctors gave you until the end of the nightBut not till daylight, not till daylightTime passes slower in the flicker of a hospital lightI pray the race is worth the fight[PreChorus]Made a fool of myself down on Tennessee StreetIt wasn't pretty like the movies, it was ugly like what they all did to meAnd they did to me what I wouldn't do to anyoneYou know that's for sure[Chorus]Tell me all the time not to worryAnd think of all the time that I'll have with youWhen I won't wake up on my own, wake up on my ownHeld close all the time, knowing I'm half of you[Verse 2]Lay me down where the trees bend lowPut me down where the greenery stingsI can hear them singingTo love me is to suffer meAnd I believe itWhen I lay with you in that auld lang roomWishing I was the way you say that you areYou'll go fight a war, I'll go missingI warned you, for me, it's not that hard[PreChorus]That picture on the wall you're scared of looks just like youI want to bleed, I want to hurt the way that boys doMaybe you're right and we should stop watching the news'Cause, baby, I've never seen brown eyes look so blue[Chorus]Tell me all the time not to worry (Tell me all the time not to worry)And think of all the time that I'll have with youWhen I won't wake up on my own, wake up on my ownHeld close all the time, knowing I'm half of you[Outro]Think of us inside after the wedding (Think of us inside after the wedding)Suffering the while to lie a time or twoWhere we won't wake up on our own, wake up on our ownHeld close all the time, knowingThis was all for youThink of us insideGardenias on the tileWhere it makes no difference who held back from who
