Apart


If you're never alone
Then you'll never see
That you just don't know
what you believe

If you wont let go
and yourself retrieve
then you've never, for us,
took the time to grieve

And when I have
that look in my eye
searching you for my friend
and about to cry

you wont force
your gaze to stay
you drop your head
as you turn away

If you just didn't turn
let the search complete
then through those eyes
our hearts would meet

Chorus:

You're looking for happiness,
Emotional wealth
but you're never gonna find it
outside your self

I know the rush feels real
from something new
but when it's old
it still comes down to you


How is it a love
that wasn't true
can break through the rush
of one that's new

what kind of a man
can shoulder that pain
still find his old self
so you'd see him again

you can't give all
to your new life
because your picture of home's
still where you were his wife

about your life
you felt so low
any sane man would
pack his things and go

you didn't trust him
to find the way
you did not believe
you could see through and stay

but don't you really have
to ask yourself this
how by adding more failure
to this list

will you ever be able
to handle the load
driving a different car
down that deadend road

Chorus:

You're looking for happiness,
Emotional wealth
but you're never gonna find it
outside your self

I know the rush feels real
from something new
but when it's old
it still comes down to you

you need to love yourself
to change your life
you won't do that
giving up mother and wife

when you figure out it's not
giving up when it's hard
and the doubts you've had
that's your don't show card

when it comes to what
people promise in life
you've allways been
on the "show me" side

when the promise is
to be faithful for life
by the time I've shown you
it's to late for the ride

now you figure
let the promises die
nothing to expect
then you wont cry

but this is not the way
for hapiness to come
when the new wears off
you just feel numb

I figured out in love
gain only comes with trust
if you can't do that
the whole thing is a bust

If I believe
it's something I can do
You've got to have faith
and belive it too

If you would trust in me
the way I trust in you
we wouldn't fail
we'd make it through

yeh it's real scarey
'cause it takes all your heart
but what good is a heart
when you're living apart

Chorus:

You're looking for happiness,
Emotional wealth
but you're never gonna find it
outside your self

I know the rush feels real
from something new
but when it's old
it still comes down to you

so it's not by "show me"
or by letting it go
it comes only with trust me
and letting it grow

By Ron Cole