a single shot rang out in the street   and my heart grew still with fear   will this cold wind never cease?   will i make it through this year?   my father, he once told me:   boy, you're gonna learn some day   and something changed in me that evening   no brute force could ever sway      and my eyes are open wide   i've seen some things that might surprise   and all the ghosts i've chased across this land   won't leave my troubled mind      but there's a war playing out on tv   based on lies from those above   oh it should come as no surprise   i need your love      so if this wave breaks clean, shall we dance?   i will stomp and spin and scream   for every fumbled fuck-up plea i've made   oh the bitterness of youth   girl i fell out of this tree    and hit the ground, i skinned my knees    and somehow woke up in your apple cart   and it's where i want to stay      so if you're walking home, if you have to go   if you're wide awake, tossing to and fro   if this time you've gone for certain   and you're stranded in the blue   then i will tread in deepest oceans   pray this current takes me too      and my eyes are open wide   i've seen some things that might surprise   and all the ghosts i've chased across this land   won't leave my troubled mind      and there's a war on our front doorsteps   based on lies from those above   oh it should come as no surprise   i need your love   oh it should come as no surprise   oh it should come as no surprise   i need your love