(Michael McDonaldTommy Sims)

Like a river runnin' to the sea

There must be a reason for all these shattered dreams

Starts with our believing and ends with our backs against the walls

If I'm not careful I might convince myself

This is the way it's always gonna be

Spend my whole life wonderin' just what it means to survive



So I wonder, am I strong enough?

Do I have the strength I need to carry on?

All I'm askin' for is the path that's gonna lead me home



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All I need is a shinin' light an open door

I'm askin' for nothin' more than a little hope



Another mornin' strange as it seems

Here once again with all these broken things

That once hung in the balance between the extremes of my life

With the will of a runaway train

I took my chances time and time again

Leaving nothin' but wreckage and pain behind



[Chorus]



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