After school walking home

Fresh dirt under my fingernails

And I can smell hot asphalt

Cars screech to a halt to let me pass

And I cannot remember

What life was like through photographs

And trying to recreate images life gives us from our past

And sometimes it's a sad song

But I cannot forget

Refuse to regret

So glad I met

You and take my breath away

Make everyday

Worth all of the pain

That I have gone through

And, mama, I've been cryin'

'Cause things ain't how they used to be

She said, "The battle's almost won,

And we're only several miles from the sun."

Moving on down my street

I see people I won't ever meet

Think of her, take a breath

Feel the beat in the rhythm of my steps

And sometimes it's a sad song

But I cannot forget

Refuse to regret

So glad I met

You and take my breath away

Make everyday

Worth all of the pain

That I have gone through

And, mama, I've been cryin'

'Cause things ain't how they used to be

She said, "The battle's almost won,

And we're only several miles from the sun."

The rhythm of her conversation

The perfection of her creation

The sex she slipped into my coffee

The way she felt when she first saw me

Hate to love and love to hate her

Like a broken record player

Back and forth and here and gone

And on and on and on and on

I cannot forget

Refuse to regret

So glad I met

You and take my breath away

Make everyday

Worth all of the pain

That I have gone through

And, mama, I've been cryin'

'Cause things ain't how they used to be

She said, "The battle's almost won,

And we're only several miles—."

She said, "The battle's almost won,

And we're only several miles from the sun."