Listen, baby, I won't leave no trace
Gonna light out of here for some cleaner place
I'll be sittin' in the backseat with my hair in my face
Gone fast as freedom on a good wind
And if I got my hopes too high
This is no easy kind of life
See it in my mind's eye
Touch me real as daytime
I can't keep from trying
No place to run for a girl like me
Whole lot of "used to"s and "supposed to be"s
I wanna burn like August
Shine like gold dust
Where everyday living can't hold me
And if I got my hopes too high
This is no easy kind of life
See it in my mind's eye
Touch me when it's daytime
I can't keep from trying
So when I reach for you
From some way-down place
Don't be a stranger
Who won't show his face
I've got no promise but these words I say
I carry you, you carry me
And if I got my hopes too high
This is no easy kind of life
See it in my mind's eye
Touch me when it's daytime
I can't keep from trying
See it in my mind's eye
Touch me when it's daytime
I can't keep from trying