The Way It Was

Parachute The Way It Was Lyrics
1.White Dress(Album Version)

She wears a white dress
She sees the light and it's saying 'come back'
She's out the door but she hasn't left yet
And I start believing her when she says that
The city's gonna save her love
Don't leave her I know just what shes looking for
Oh but all she knows is a picture that keeps fading on
But I can't let her go that's why I'm telling her

I wanna love you more
Than all of the things you wanted
Than all of the things you're not
You want to have it all
But you found it in the city
But the city doesn't talk, oooh

She wears a gold cross
She sheds her skin but it never comes off
She hears the angels out on the streets
Tonight as she walks right by oh they sing so softly
They sing 'oohh whooah, oohh whooah, oohh whooah
Loves right behind you oohh whooah'

I wanna love you more
Than all of the things you wanted
Than all of the things you're not
You want to have it all
But you found it in the city
But the city doesn't talk
Than all of the things you wanted
Than all of the things you've got
But you found it in the city
But the city doesn't talk

Oohh whooah oohh whooah ohh whooah
Oh she floats off through a crowded room
She remembers the rows and rows of houses
And the street lights going on
That's why I'm telling her

I wanna love you more
Than all of the things you wanted
Than all of the things your not
And you want to have it all
But you found it in the city
But the city doesn't talk
I wanna love you more
Than all of the things you wanted
Than all of the things you've got
And you want to have it all
But you found it in the city
But the city doesn't talk
oohh whooah oohh whooah oohh whooah
Loves right behind you


2.You And Me(Album Version)

Hold my gun and watch the door
Pick the lock and cut the phone
Keep your head up, love,
Nobody here can stop us

Grab the bags when sirens call
We're out the window, through the yard
Keep it locked up tight
Nobody here can stop us

Baby, I've had this same dream
Where I wake up wondering
What it really means
If the world came running down

If it was you and me against the world
Baby, they've got us under but
We'll take whatever we want.
If it was you and me against the world,
You get the car, I'll get the cash,
We'll take the money and run.

They'll come running through the door
Shattered glass across the floor
Oh, they think they know but
We both know they don't.
Oh, we did our crime and got away,
We stole the gold and made the day
And we both smile knowing that they saying
Nobody here can stop us

Baby, I've had this same dream
Where I wake up wondering
What it really means
If the world came running down

If it was you and me against the world
Baby, they've got us under but
We'll take whatever we want.
If it was you and me against the world,
You get the car, I'll get the cash,
We'll take the money and run.

Oh, I keep waking up
In an empty bed
And I'm wondering why you're
All the things I should have said
And, oh, we could have had

If it was you and me against the world,
Baby, they've got us under but
We'll take whatever we want.
If it was you and me against the world,
You get the car, I'll get the cash,
We'll take the money and run.

If it was you and me against the world,
Baby, they've got our number but
We'll take whatever we want.
If it was you and me against the world,
You get the car, I'll get the cash,
We'll take the money and run.

You get the car, I'll get the cash,
We'll take the money and run.

It's you and me against the world.


3.Something To Believe In(Album Version)

You wake up every morning looking for your answer
You're waiting for your sign
While Jeremiah's on his way to tell the people
But you watch him pass you by

You walk the streets at night still looking for your reason
But you don't wanna try
You swear the world has got you backed into a corner
But no one holds your hand to walk into a fight

You swear the light is gonna find you
But it can't find you when you're waiting all the time

You say, 'keep my head from going down'
Just for a little, just for a little
Watch my feet float off the ground
Just for a little, just for a little
Love, if you can hear this sound
Oh, just give me something, something to believe in

You spend your days alone still hopin' for the truth, oh
But all you hear are lies
But no on else is gonna tell you what to do now
No one else is gonna help you hold the line

Sometimes it's hard to keep on living
But you're the one who's got to know just when it's right

You say, 'keep my head from going down'
Just for a little, just for a little
Watch my feet float off the ground
Just for a little, just for a little
Love, if you can hear this sound
Oh, just give me something, something to believe in

Love, come take me now
Love, come take me now
Love, come take me now
Love, come take me, take me now

Come take me, take me now
Come take me, take me now
Come take me, take me now
Come take me, take me now

You say, 'keep my head from going down'
Just for a little, just for a little
Watch my feet float off the ground
Just for a little, just for a little
Love, if you can hear this sound
Oh, just give me something, something to believe in

Oh, something to believe in
Love, come take me
Something to believe in
Love's gonna take me, take me, take me
Something to believe in
Love is gonna come and save me
Love is gonna save me

You say, 'keep my head from going down'
Just for a little, just for a little
Watch my feet float off the ground
Just for a little, just for a little
Love, if you can hear this sound
Oh, just give me something, something to believe in


4.Forever And Always(Album Version)

She's sitting at the table, the hours get later
He was supposed to be here
She's sure he would have called
She waits a little longer, there's no one in the driveway
No one's said they've seen him
Why, is something wrong?
She looks back to the window
Suddenly the phone rings
A voice says something's happened
That she should come right now
Her mind goes to December
She thinks of when he asked her
He bent down on his knees first
And he said

I want you forever, forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together
Forever and always

She pulls up to the entrance
She walks right to the front desk
They lead her down a million halls, a maze that's never ending
They talk about what happened but she can barely hear them
She tries to keep a straight face as she walks into the room
She sits by his bedside, holds his hand too tight
They talk about the kids they're gonna have and the good life
The house on the hillside, where they would stay

Stay there forever, forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together, and always remember
Whether rich or for poor or for better
We'll still love each other, forever and always

Then she gets an idea and calls in the nurses
Brings up the chaplain and he says a couple verses
She borrows some rings from the couple next door
Everybody's laughing as the tears fall on the floor
She looks into his eyes, and she says

I want you forever, forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together, and always remember
Whether happy or sad or whatever
We'll still love each other, forever and always
Forever and always, forever and always

She finishes the vows but the beeps are getting too slow
His voice is almost too low
As he says, I love you forever, forever and always
Please just remember even if I'm not there
I'll always love you, forever and always


5.What I Know(Album Version)

I take the car and drive the night
The white stripes blur and ease my mind
When all that's left is a single line
Instead of this confusion
And I'm not certain of the way it was
And I'm not sure what I could of done
Oh but I wonder if it had been enough
To stop her from leaving
And I realize the only thing I know is

She said, I'm in love with some one else she said
I fell in love with some one else and I
I'm in love with some one and that's all that I know for sure

I stop the car and close my eyes
I can see her face, but It takes a while
And it feeds it like the morning light
Slow and unfocused, So I go home and
She's sitting on the kitchen chair
Oh a suitcase waiting by the stairs
Oh they're both worn out from all the years
They're ready to let go
And I realize the only thing that's sure is

She said , I'm in love with some one else she said
I fell in love with some one else and I
I'm in love with some one and that's all that I know for sure
She's in love with some one else she said
She fell in love with some one else and that
She's in love with some one and that's all that I know for sure

And I'm on my knees
And I'm on my knees
And I'm on my knees
And I'm on my knees
Yes and I realize the only thing I know is

She said , I'm in love with some one else she said
I fell in love with some one else and I
I'm in love with some one and that's all that I know for sure
She's in love with some one else she said
She fell in love with some one else and that
She's in love with some one and that's all that I know for sure

I fell in love with some one else and I
I'm in love with some one and that's all that I know for sure
She's in love with some one else she said
She fell in love with some one else and that
She's in love with some one and that's all that I know for sure


6.American Secrets(Album Version)

When the sun fell low in the blood red sky yeah
Every house called out as we passed them by yeah
She would grab my hand as the trees leaned in yeah
Oh I'm still racing home from the place I've been

It was all I knew, I was waiting for the big one
And I stay forever (oooooh oh oooh oh ohhhh)
American secrets (oooooh oh oooh oh ohhhh)
Had a dream it was ours and we just didn't know yet

We would drive by right through every lonely street yeah
Smell the truth in her hair felt the world in my feet yeah
But we were just two kids in a beat up car
Oh I'm still driving home from the things I've done

It was all I knew, I was waiting for the big one
And I stay forever (oooooh oh oooh oh ohhhh)
American secrets (oooooh oh oooh oh ohhhh)
Had a dream it was ours that we just didn't know yet (oooooh oh
oooh oh ohhhh)
American secrets (oooooh oh oooh oh ohhhh)
Had a dream it was ours that was lost in the regrets

We were caught on the inside
Left it all on that bedside
Give me one more minute with those baby blues
We pull up
Oh she looks back and waves as I wait too long
I can picture her room as the lights go on
I'm still dancing along with the way it was
I'm still dancing along with the way it was
Give me one more, give me one more
Give me one more minute with my baby
Give me one more, give me one more
Give me one more minute with American secrets
Give me one more, give me one more
Oh she looks back and waves as she slips inside
Every hope in the world and those bright blue eyes
I'm still dancing along with the way it was

Got my mind made up
And I'm coming back for you
I can hear your voice calling and I'll be there soon
I can see you there in the bedroom by those stairs
Oh I've always been running but I don't know where
And ohhh oh oooh and ohhh oh oooh
It took 25 years but I finally see
Not the boy I was in the car that you saw me
I'm still not the man that I thought I'd be
But when those trumpets sound when the good Lord calls my name
Oh I'm gonna be with you
Oh I'm gonna be with you
And ohhh oh oooh
And ohhh oh oooh
It took 25 years but I finally see
And ohhh oh oooh
And ohhh oh oooh
It took 25 years but I finally see
It took 25 years but I finally see
It took 25 years but I think I see


7.Kiss Me Slowly(Album Version)

Stay with me, baby stay with me,
Tonight don't leave me alone.
Walk with me, come and walk with me,
To the edge of all we've ever known.

I can see you there with the city lights,
Fourteenth floor, pale blue eyes.
I can breathe you in.
Two shadows standing by the bedroom door,
No, I could not want you more than I did right then,
As our heads leaned in.

Well, I'm not sure what this is gonna be,
But with my eyes closed all I see
Is the skyline, through the window,
The moon above you and the streets below.
Hold my breath as you're moving in,
Taste your lips and feel your skin.
When the time comes, baby don't run, just kiss me slowly.

Stay with me, baby stay with me,
Tonight don't leave me alone.
She shows me everything she used to know,
Picture frames and country roads,
When the days were long and the world was small.

She stood by as it fell apart,
Separate rooms and broken hearts,
But I won't be the one to let you go.

Oh, I'm not sure what this is gonna be,
But with my eyes closed all I see
Is the skyline, through the window,
The moon above you and the streets below.

Hold my breath as you're moving in,
Taste your lips and feel your skin.
When the time comes, baby don't run, just kiss me slowly.

Don't run away...
And it's hard to love again,
When the only way it's been,
When the only love you know,
Just walked away...
If it's something that you want,
Darling you don't have to run,
You don't have to go ...

Just stay with me, baby stay with me,

Well, I'm not sure what this is gonna be,
But with my eyes closed all I see
Is the skyline, through the window,
The moon above you and the streets below. (Don't let go)
Hold my breath as you're moving in,
Taste your lips and feel your skin.
When the time comes, baby don't run, just kiss me slowly.

Oh, I'm not sure what this is gonna go,
But in this moment all I know
Is the skyline, through the window,
The moon above you and the streets below. (Baby, don't let go)
Hold my breath as you're moving in,
Taste your lips and feel your skin.
When the time comes, baby don't run, just kiss me slowly.


8.Halfway(Album Version)

Well I know just what it is you want the way you love and get
enough and then you move on
You play the game of who you need and learn his name and walk
away to find the next one
You say the things your looking for look past me and door to
door
But darling did you think I wouldn't know

I might not be what you want
I'm gonna be your halfway
I might not be what you need
But I'm gonna be the way
I'm never gonna be the thing you want
But I'm gonna be your halfway
I might not be what you need
I'm gonna be your halfway
(halfway, I'll be your halfway, halfway, I'll be your halfway)

You like to close your eyes and nod and picture him and what
he'd say and what he looks like
But all I can think is all the dreams in the world that can
match up to the real thing, the real thing

I might not be what you want
I'm gonna be your halfway
I might not be what you need
But I'm gonna be the way
I'm never gonna be the thing you want
But I'm gonna be your halfway
I might not be what you need
I'm gonna be your halfway

I'm gonna be forever yours
Don't you dare believe her, no
I'm gonna be forever yours
She's always gonna let you go
I could stay up wait the whole night
But she's never gonna show

I might not be what you want
I'm gonna be your halfway
I might not be what you need
But I'm gonna be the way
I'm never gonna be the thing you want
But I'm gonna be your halfway
I might not be what you need
I'm gonna be your halfway

I might not be what you want (I'm gonna be forever yours)
Baby I won't be what you want
I might not be what you need
But I'm gonna be the way ya
I'm never gonna be the thing you want (I'm gonna be forever
yours)
But I'm gonna be your halfway
I might not be what you need
But I'm gonna be your halfway


9.Philadelphia(Album Version)

Like a gunshot from miles away
She's moving in
Like a rainstorm with out the clouds
She falls on you
Like a phone call to worn the truth
It never rings

It's the truth before the lies
It's the way she doesn't try
It's the wink before the sly
In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia

They met after work one day
She laughed with him
They drove off their separate ways
Then met for drinks
When he got home the silent guilt was deafening

It's the truth before the lies
It's the way she doesn't try
It's the wink before the sly
In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia

She thought that love was gonna fight
She thought that love was gonna take her home
She thought that love was gonna save her
But love just never showed
She felt that love was always watching
Oh we learned that love was supposed to wait
But sometimes it's the feelings
That are standing in the air

He slips off his worn out suit and tries to rest
She's a million miles away across the bed
She rolls over puts her hand across his chest

It's the truth before the lies
It's the way she doesn't try
It's the wink before the sly
In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia
oooooooohooooo
oooooooohooooo