The Only Way

from Hope & Other Casualties by Mark Erelli

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lyrics

I read the paper
I watch the news
It seems there's only pain and sufferin'
And there ain't nothing 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
No further to fall

(Chorus)
So I'm gonna love
I'm gonna believe
I'm gonna dream
But I'm gonna roll up my sleeve
And give everything until there's 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 our brothers
And our 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
All this time

I won't tell you
What to believe
But I'm too young to be so cynical
And too old to be naive
Every action
Breeds a reaction
So let this be mine

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from Hope & Other Casualties, released March 7, 2006
written by Mark Erelli (Hillbilly Pilgrim Music/ASCAP)

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