Short Stories

Have you ever been up?

Have you ever been down?

Have you ever been lost?

Have you ever been found?

Have you ever been right?

Have you ever been wrong?

Have you come up short?

Can you come along?

Have you left a mark?

Have you left alone?

Have you seen the way?

Can you come back home?

Short stories

That's what we live

Short stories

Babe, just take what they will give

Short stories

That's all it's ever been

Don't worry 'bout the ending

Babe, before we begin

I have seen the sun

That's behind the rain

I have felt the joy

That's behind the pain

Did you ever go soft

Did you ever run wild

I've been a hundred years old

I been a newborn child

And I have found a smile

In the midst of tears

And I can find a heart

In the midst of fear

Short stories

That's what we live

Short stories

Babe, just take what they will give

Short stories

That's all it's ever been

Don't worry 'bout the ending

Babe, before we begin

Don't you know I need you near me

Or my happy ending's gone

And I see now so very clearly

That our story must go on and on

And if I give myself

Can I ask for you

If I give you hope

Can we make it through

You know I need a dream

Just like I need my breath

We got to take the life

Before we get the death

You know I need your love

Just like I need the light

Yes, I need a chance

Can it be tonight?

Short stories

That's what we live

Short stories

Babe, just take what they will give

Short stories

That's all it's ever been

Don't worry 'bout the ending

Babe, before we begin

Short stories

That's what we live

Short stories

Babe, just take what they will give