It’s hard these days for sensitive guys
I’m looking for truth but I come up with lies
I offer my shoulder, and she heaves her sighs
And at the day’s end it’s me who cries

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CHORUS:

Sometimes I wish that I were John Wayne
When I start to feel the pain of love
And fear and grief and honesty
Sometimes I wish that I were John Wayne
Are all these feelings in vain?
If I tried to hide them all I’d go insane
Sometimes I wish I were John Wayne

It isn’t so easy to know how to feel
Should I move onward or take time to heal
Some feelings are fleeting, some feelings are real
I need to be open, I want to conceal

Chorus

If I had no feelings I might get more done
Fewer risks taken and more battles won
I might have more women and I might have more fun
But I’d be under the gun and not under the Sun

Chorus

Sometimes
Sometimes
Sometimes I wish
I wish I were John Wayne

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Many are the breasts and thighs
Have danced before my eyes
Many are the waists and tastes
Have left me mesmerized

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Many are the times
My hands caressed a spine
And many are the memories
Of naked legs on mine

But there’s one part of you
I’m longing to see bare

CHORUS:

Your left-hand ring finger
Is where I’ll ever stare
My hungry eyes will linger
On your left-hand ring finger
Your left-hand ring finger

Now if I met you years ago
Girl, I would not waste one day
To wrap you in that wedding band
And carry you away
‘Cause many are the times
Girl, I’ve looked into your eyes
Just wondering if you’re happy now
Or if you’ve compromised

I’m crying out to God
With a very selfish prayer…

Your left-hand ring finger
Is where I’ll ever stare
My hungry eyes will linger
On your left-hand ring finger
Your left-hand ring finger
Your left-hand ring finger

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How much more craziness will I endure
The hints and the questions
Suggestive suggestions
The wait, the expenses
The useless pretenses

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I dress and I guess to impress

Now I know I’ve changed a lot since I was young
Sweets that taste swell
Make me feel just like hell
And too much excitement
Almost gets me frightened and
Too many things seem too good to be true

CHORUS:

And love’s face is changing on me
Love’s face is changing on me
Sometimes I swear I see her in the mirror
But somehow she’s different each time that I see her
And when I am longing to touch the familiar
I pray my blindness and pride will not kill her
Love’s face is changing on me

Romance has started to feel too like war
And heartbreak and loss
Are too high a cost
So I’m praying for armistice
I’ll lay down my arms I just
Want to find some true love again, but

Chorus

BRIDGE:

I wink my eye and I touch her leg
She smiles and invites me in
Buried in darkness my heart will beg
To never leave this room again, and

Chorus

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As small as a distant star
As large as the earth
As planned as an accident
As random as birth

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Like that which lies hid beneath
And what is revealed above
Such is my love
Such is my love
Such is my love for you

As wild as a wolverine
Playful like a child
Subtle as a billboard model
Or Mona Lisa’s smile
As mad as a lunatic
As gentle as a dove
Such is my love
Such is my love
Such is my love for you

As cheap as a prostitute
As costly as blood
Pure as the driven snow
As base as the mud
As desperate as Hollywood
When push comes to shove
know that such is my love
Such is my love
Such is my love for you
Such is my love
Such is my love
Such is my love for you

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I try to disconnect my mind
You try to read between my lines
There are some words I cannot say
A kind of role I will not play
In my deepest heart of hearts

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I’ve wanted to flee
I don’t love you like you love me

There are no roses at your door
There is no passion on your floor
No matter what angle I take
There are some feelings I can’t fake
If you could read my troubled mind
You’d agree
I don’t love you like you love me

(Screaming guitar solo)

Our days were never torn by fights
How come we can’t sleep through one night
Our friends all swear we’re such the pair
They cannot see what is not there
Consider all the signs
I hope you’ll agree
I don’t love you like you love me
Like you love me…
Like you love me…

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What’s wrong with this puzzle?
Where’s the missing piece?
I’ve got a girl, she feels like home
But I need release

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There’s no fear of commitment
No fear to succeed
Tried so hard to work it out
I’m longing still for peace

And there’s a storm that is gathering
Inside my eyes
She knows she can’t stop it
And she starts to cry

CHORUS
She’s not for me, she’s not for me
She’s everything I said a girl could ever be
My feelings are a mystery, I hope one day I’ll see
The reason that she’s not the girl for me

She told me I’m the kind of man
She hoped she’d meet one day
And everything on paper tells me
I should feel the same

And there’s a storm that is gathering
Inside my eyes
She knows she can’t stop it
And she starts to cry
(Chorus)

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Never wanted this house, but the market was good
Isn’t that what the grown-ups do, you lay down some roots?
Bind a restless heart to a mortgage check
And count the ten thousand little deaths

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Fourteen years on a hampster wheel
Island sinking, the devil’s deal

CHORUS:
Gonna raise my sail and answer winds of change
Wherever they blow, that’s where I’ll go
Gonna raise my sail, let destiny prevail
The heading may be a surprise to me
But I’ll raise my sail, raise my sail

Always thought by this age, that I’d I’ve the life
Of husband and father, or at least have the wife
Hoping and praying that someday I’d find The One
Time to toss out the story book and have me some fun

Fourteen years on a hampster wheel
Island sinking, the devil’s deal

Chorus
BRIDGE

No I’m not giving up, I’m just giving in
To the heart of the seeker I’ve always been

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CHORUS
How can I say I love you, how can I say I do
I’m always changing, you’re always changing
And every day love is something new

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You know that most days I’m just fine
You get lots of love and affection
I’ll be just as sweet as confection, but
You’ve seen me change so many times
I get so blue and so brooding
I get so jaded and moody, so (chorus)

I know that most days you’re the best
I get lots of love and attention
Your kisses are too sweet to mention
But sometimes you put me to the test
You get so caught up in your own thing
You get this queen-on-your-throne thing, so (chorus)

They say that love’s its own reward
(ooooh) They say love is more than a feeling (much more)
it’s something that sends fear a-reeling (no fear)
True love is carefree and wild (so wild)
It’s found in the eyes of a child (so pure)
It’s better to have loved and lost (just love)
True love is worth any cost (believe)
Love makes the world go around (let go)
Worth more than gold, pound for pound (so clear)
Closely connected with God (just pray)
Makes me scream out for your body (oooh God!)
I guess all these things can be true
So true, girl just like me and you, so

How can I say I love you, how can I say I do
I’m always changing, you’re always changing
And every day love is something new
Something new, Something new, Something new

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I’ve been very lucky all of my life
But I know it cannot last forever
I’m the gentleman, I’m always polite
I’m the one who’s almost always clever

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I’m the one who never eats at home
I’m the one who never sleeps alone
I’m the one who made the grade in school
The one who kept or got around the rules

CHORUS

But all the forest’s tallest trees
Have been struck by lightning
But not me
Fate will have its day and I will go down fighting
But I’ll be struck by lightning
I’ll be struck by lightning
I’ll be struck by lightning

All my life just hangs by such slender threads
When one breaks I’ll shudder from the thunder
Sure I’ve had my problems, everyone does
But not one has ever put me under
I’m the one who’s never out of work
I’m the one they never called the jerk
I’m the one who gets a second chance
I’m the one who always has the answer

Chorus

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As small as a distant star
As large as the earth
As planned as an accident
As random as birth
Like that which lies hid beneath

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Mint MATT NATHANSON Fillmore Poster 2012 Rachel Platten


And what is revealed above
Such is my love, such is my love
Such is my love for you

Wild as a wolverine
Playful like a child
Subtle as a billboard model
Or Mona Lisa’s smile
As mad as a lunatic
And gentle as a dove
Such is my love, such is my love
Such is my love for you

As cheap as a prostitute
As costly as blood
As pure as the driven snow
As base as the mud
As desperate as Hollywood
When push comes to shove
Such is my love, such is my love
Such is my love for you

Such is my love, such is my love
Such is my love for you

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