The Only Way Lyrics - Mark Erelli

(Mark Erelli) 

I read the paper 

I watch the news 

It seems there's only pain and sufferin' 

And there ain't much I can do 

It's so senseless 

I feel defenseless 

So small 

I could shut my windows 

Bolt my doors 

But if I don't feel safe enough 

To speak my mind anymore 

Then what's the use 

I've nothing left to lose 

And no farther to fall 

(CHORUS) 

So I'm gonna love 

I'm gonna believe 

I'm still gonna dream 

But I'm gonna roll up my sleeves 

Give everything until I've nothing left to give 

That's the only way that I know how to live 

It was a nightmare 

No tongue can tell 

The streets of New York city 

Looked just like the gates of Hell 

In a flash 

The smoke and the ash 

Falling down like rain 

But they circled wagons 

They gathered round 

As they bravely pulled their brothers 

And their sisters from the ground 

And I know 

I owe them more 

Than to be afraid 

(CHORUS) 

Why seek vengeance? 

What comes of war? 

I know freedom has a price 

But it doesn't keep score 

It's too much to swallow 

It's left me hollow 

After all this time 

I won't tell you 

What to believe 

Cause I'm too young to be so cynical 

And too old to be nave 

Every action 

Breeds a reaction 

So let this be mine