The Only Way

(Mark Erelli)

I read the paper

I watch the news

It seems there's only pain and sufferin'

And there ain't much I can do

It's so senseless

I feel defenseless

So small

I could shut my windows

Bolt my doors

But if I don't feel safe enough

To speak my mind anymore

Then what's the use

I've nothing left to lose

And no farther to fall

(CHORUS)

So I'm gonna love

I'm gonna believe

I'm still gonna dream

But I'm gonna roll up my sleeves

Give everything until I've nothing left to give

That's the only way that I know how to live

It was a nightmare

No tongue can tell

The streets of New York city

Looked just like the gates of Hell

In a flash

The smoke and the ash

Falling down like rain

But they circled wagons

They gathered round

As they bravely pulled their brothers

And their sisters from the ground

And I know

I owe them more

Than to be afraid

(CHORUS)

Why seek vengeance?

What comes of war?

I know freedom has a price

But it doesn't keep score

It's too much to swallow

It's left me hollow

After all this time

I won't tell you

What to believe

Cause I'm too young to be so cynical

And too old to be naïve

Every action

Breeds a reaction

So let this be mine