I poured out my heart
Upstream a river running wild
Mixing all my hopes and dreams
And thinking like a child
But something the undertow
It dragged and pulled me in
Struggling to make sense of things
I don’t know how to swim
So throw me something mister
Cause the scene is looking dim
By the wayside I am something on a whim
I had set my heart on you
Since our first day of school
And every time we hung out
I just tried to play it cool
And we were so concerned
With all the things that were to come
Dreading just the thought someday
That youth would be most done
Cher, that makes me want to leave
So why don’t we just run
By the wayside I am racing gainst the sun
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I poured out my heart
Upstream a river running wild
Mixing all my hopes and dreams
And thinking like a child
But something from undertow
It pulls me, drags me in
Struggling for air I call for help
And all that’s been
And churning in the water
I am lifted out and win
And maybe I can’t figure out
How things just should begin
By the wayside,
And I had thought that growing
Wants to bring
But everything I see now up this path
It seems for worse
And wishing for the ending
Of this nonsense driven toil
It only brings upon a flame
That sets me to a boil
And things are slipping through my hands
So deep stained from an oil,
By the wayside these are washing out like soil
Time and time again
There’s feelings I can’t seem to feel
So pray to God for better days
And moments ‘bit more real
When luck comes round in fits
Where I can’t seem to take control
Like I’d be more advantaged
If I started in a hole
So throw me something mister
Cause this life is feeling dull
By the wayside time are taking their sweet toll
I had set my heart on you
Since our first day of school
And every time we hung out
I just tried to play it cool
And we were so concerned
With all the things that were to come
Dreading just the thought someday
That youth would be most done
Cher, that makes me want to leave
So why don’t we just run
By the wayside I am racing gainst the sun
Having everyday with you
Had made me think you knew
But even after all these years
I didn’t have a clue
And we were both too deep in thought
To pull each other ‘side
When rivers run so deep
It’s hard to see how they are wide
And if you’d asked me anyway
I’d probably have lied
By the wayside I am trying to decide
And I was wrong to think that
You had never felt alone
When I was wrapped up in myself
And thinking bout my own
And time it seems to mend some things
But this just wasn’t sewn
And all the moments in between
Got missed and now they’re blown
And we could just have been a scene
That’s just how we had grown
By the wayside we are breaking ‘part like stone
And dying just to tell us
Wasn’t worth the pain it cost
It’s more than you I’ve thought of
And It’s more than you I’ve lost
And I can’t seem to figure out
What’s hiding in the dust
And feelings that I had for you
Have dried up into lust
And everything that’s built up
Now will never feel so just
By the wayside, we are turning into rust