I wish I could   stop your hurting   I wish I could   make it all good      but I'm so small   and insignificant   and unable to   deliver you from this pain   oh-oh-oh      I wish I could   be your answers   I wish I was   everything you need      but I'm so lost   like a man being tossed   upon life's sea   it gets the best of me-e-yeah      guess all I can do is sing this song for you   and try to be there when you cry   maybe one day we'll all end up free of this hurting   and we can all live without this suffering   that we've felt...      I wish I was   the strength you need   to protect you   from the darkest lights      but I'm simply   just a dreamer   thinking I can   make everything all right-yeah      guess all I can do is sing this song for you   and try to be there when you cry...I   maybe one day we'll end up free of this hurting   then we can all live without this suffering   that we have felt      and I guess life is not so fair   but a song can give us strength   when we're feeling so helpless      I guess all   I can do   all I can do   is sing   this song for you   you   you   for   you   you   this song for you   you-ou-ou-ou   this song for you   you-ou-ou-ou      guess all I can do is sing this song for you   and try to be there when you cry...I   maybe one day we'll end up free of this hurting   then we can all live without this suffering   we have felt   we have felt