Slow dancing
On the boulevard
In the quiet moments
While the city's still dark
Sleepwalking through the summer rain
In the tired spaces
You could hear her name
When she was warm and tender and you
Held her arms around you
theres was nothing but her
Love and affection she was
Crazy for you now she's
part of something that you lost
(chorus)
And for all you know
This could be
The difference between what you need
And what you want to be
Night swimming
In her diamond dress
Making small circles
Move across the surface
Stand watching
From the steady shore
Laying wide open
And waiting for
Somethings warm and tender while she's
Moving further from you
there was nothing that could
make it easy on you
Every step you take reminds you
That she's walking on
(chorus)
Every word you never said
Echoes down your empty hallway
Everything that was your world
Just came down
It just came down
Day break on the boulevard
Feel the
Sun warming up your second hand heart
Light swimming right across your face
you think
Maybe someday, maybe someday
(chorus)
--matchbox twenty
Someday they'll find your smalltown world.
On a big time avenue.
Gonna make you like the way they talk
when theyre talkin to you.
Gonna make you break out of your shell, cuz they tell you to.
Gonna make you like the way they lie
better than the truth
theyll tell you everything you wanted someone else to say
theyre gonna break your heart
(chorus)
From what i've seen
You're just one more hand me down
Cuz noones trying to give you
what you need
so lay all your troubles down
I am with you now
Somebody oughta take you in
try to make you love again
try to make you like the way they feel when theyre under your skin
never once do you think that they would lie
when theyre holding you
then you wonder why they havent called
when they said theyd call you
you'll start to wonder
if you're ever gonna make it by
youll start to think
you were born blind
(chorus)
I'm here for the hard times
the straight to your heart times
when livin aint easy
you can stand up against me
and maybe rely on me
and cry on me
someday theyll open up your world
shake you down to the very core
they'll do their best to change you
tring to erase you
--matchbox twenty
