Hungry Again

The greatest gift, the gift of life
The gift of love divine
God gave us all a special gift
He meant for it to shine
He meant for it to shine
The darkest night can be made light
By one bright word or smile
If we'd put on our neighbor's shoes
And choose to walk a mile
God gave us all our own free will
To choose the paths we take
No greater deed could e'er be done
Than for another's sake
The greatest gift, the gift of life
The gift of love divine
God gave us all a special gift
He meant for it to shine
He meant for it to shine

Shine on, shine on, for all to see
God's light inside your soul
Shine on, shine on, let love flow free
Warm others in its glow
Shine on, shine on, shine on
So hide it not or it will fade
Shine on, shine on, shine on
Shine on, shine on, shine on

The greatest gift, the gift of life
The gift of love divine
God gave us all a special gift
He meant for it to shine
Shine on, shine on, shine on

Nothing new, nothing different, nothing better, nothing more
Nothing else to give you i didn't give before
I gave my love completely, my heart was always yours
It wouldn't do, i still lost you
You want to give it one chance; don't know why we should
We'd never get that far again or make the love that good
We had our chance, we blew it; and i'll never understand
Careless fools, i still lost you
You want to fan the flames of love, stir up passion's fire
Conjure up familiar lusts, stir up past desires
What we had then, we don't have now; and i would just compare
I refuse, i still lost you

Too late for starting over, it hardly ever works
Too many missing pieces, too much water, too much hurt
I already lost you once, and that makes matters worse
What's the use, i still lost you

Oh you want to fan the flames of love, stir up passion's fire
Conjure up familiar lusts, stir up past desires
What we had then, we don't have now; and i would just compare
I refuse, i still lost you

Oh what's the use, i still lost you
I lost you

I grew up dirty and i grew up poor
The wolf didn't even hang 'round our door
Not a crumb to spare and the cupboard bare
And i had the gift of imagination
I could change my situation
Anytime i choose i could always go
Down paradise road
I found a kingdom deep within
A place dream and to pretend
And to prepare for the world out there
A dream can dress you when you're ragged
Fill you up when hunger's naggin'
I warmed my soul when life was cold
On paradise road
Chorus:

Paradise is a state of mind
The sun shines warm and all the time
And the rain don't flow and the wind don't blow
On paradise road
A place no one can take from me
A place of everlasting peace
Where dreamers go; it's never closed
Paradise road

Paradise is a state of mind
Down the road of life and time
And the friends we meet
Make the travlin' sweet
On paradise road
Sometimes now when the world is mad
I find that place i've always had
Inside my soul; it's paved in gold
Paradise road

I grew up dirty and i grew up poor
The wolf didn't even hang 'round our door
Not a crumb to spare and the cupboard bare
But i had the gift of imagination
I could change my situation
Anytime i choose i could always go
Down paradise road

She was born in a place called blue valley
At the foot of the tennessee hills
With the blue birds and blue bells
And blue mountain water
And the sound of the blue whippoorwill
But there was no peace in the valley
Her daddy, a cruel, ruthless man
Used and abused her mind and her body
So her mama said run while you can
So at fifteen she took to the highway
Belongings and guitar in hand
And she buried herself in her music
The one thing she did understand
And she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet
Her voice has that high, lonesome sound
She hurts, and her songs are the best way to show it
So the blue valley songbird keeps traveling around
She hopes someday she will make it
And everyone says that she will
When she comes to town, crowds flock around
To see the girl from the tennessee hills
She writes her letter back home to her mama
In care of the preacher in town
They're sacred to her so she reads them at church
And so her daddy cannot track her down

And she sings like a bird and she cries like a baby
Whenever she turns off the lights
She's a whole lot lonesome and a little bit crazy
From mem'ries and miseries and dreams gone awry

Blue dress, blue shoes, a blue cadillac
A band dressed in blue by her side
Instruments tied to the top and the back
'cause the blue valley songbird is singing tonight

One nighters, honky tonks, years flying by
She never made it, but lord knows she tries
Expressing the feelings she holds inside
And the blue valley songbird is singing tonight
Oh the blue valley songbird is singing tonight

And she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet

There's a place in my mind that's suspended in time
When we were happy in love
Days warm and sweet, and the night so complete
Then life was perfect for us
It was just you and i, only love in our eyes
Not a sign of a tear on our face
No sorrow, no pain, only sunshine, no rain
Before something else took its place
Oh, i wanna go back there
Back to the time there was no doubt you cared
Back to the time love was tender and fair
I wanna go back there, i wanna go back there

Doop-do-do-do, doop-do-do-do-do
I wanna go back there
Doop-do-do-do, doop-do-do-do-do
I wanna go back there

Do you think if we tried we could put life aside
And see if we might make it back
I know in my heart what we had at the start
I believe it could still be like that

Oh, i wanna go back there
Away from these heartaches, these worried and cares
Back to the time love was tender and fair
I wanna go back there, i wanna go back there

Doop-do-do-do, doop-do-do-do-do
I wanna go back there (say you care)
I wanna go back, i wanna go back
I wanna go back there
Doop-do-do-do, doop-do-do-do-do
I wanna go back there
Doop-do-do-do, doop-do-do-do-do
I wanna go back there, i wanna go back there

You come to me with teardrops in your eyes
Expecting me to listen to your lies
You want me to forget and to forgive
Enough, enough, this ain't no way to live
I know you wonder why i'd leave like this
After all the hurt i've put up with
This is the last time, this is the last straw
Too late, too late now it's your time to crawl
Chorus:

She's just the straw that broke the camel's heart
It's not her fault, it's yours we fell apart
No more, i'm done, i want a brand new start
(it's) she's just the straw that broke the camel's heart

I've been grasping at straws for much too long
This ain't the first time you have done me wrong
This time you drew the short end of the straw
The game is over, you have lost it all

Repeat chorus

She's just the straw that broke the camel's heart