After school 
Walking home 
Fresh dirt under my fingernails 
And I can smell hot asphalt 
Cars screech to a halt to let me pass 
And I cannot remember 
What life was like through photographs 
Trying to recreate images life gives us from our past

And sometimes it’s a sad song

But I cannot forget 
Refuse to regret 
So glad I met you 
Take my breath away 
Make everyday 
Worth all of the pain that I have 
Gone through 
And mama I’ve been cryin’ 
Cause things ain’t how they used to be 
She said the battles almost won 
And we’re only several miles from the sun

Moving on down my street 
I see people I won’t ever meet 
Think of her, take a breath 
Feel the beat in the rhythm of my steps 
And sometimes it’s a sad song

But I cannot forget 
Refuse to regret 
So glad I met you 
Take my breath away 
Make everyday 
Worth all of the pain that I have 
Gone through 
And mama I’ve been cryin’ 
Cause things ain’t how they used to be 
She said the battles almost won 
And we’re only several miles from the sun

The rhythm of her conversation 
The perfection of her creation 
The  she slipped into my coffee 
The way she felt when she first saw me 
Hate to love and love to hate her 
Like a broken record player 
Back and forth and here and gone 
And on and on and on and on

But I cannot forget 
Refuse to regret 
So glad I met you 
Take my breath away 
Make everyday 
Worth all of the pain that I have 
Gone through 
And mama I’ve been cryin’ 
Cause things ain’t how they used to be 
She said the battles almost won 
And we’re only several miles… 
She said the battles almost won 
And we’re only several miles from the sun