Keep Your Ways

One night I went out to take a walk To clear my mind I looked down to the ground but I could feel somebody's eyes From behind It was a girl that I once knew Happy as the sky is blue Made me think to myself Well she has got so far to go She don't even know Well that night thunder broke Lightning flashed and the rain fell from the sky And drowned the night I didn't know where to go Who to hold what shelter I could find To stay dry Well that girl said, "hey you listen here" I've got something I could share The love I know it may be old Something you thought you'd outgrown But it never lost its hold And you've got to keep your ways about you, Your ways about you And sometimes they may not understand you They may not understand you Well I stared at her and she stared at me Soon I felt a familiar feeling creeping on in There's a sadness behind those eyes from something buried deep inside And kept from mind Well I know I've felt this way before But these revelations are becoming a bore She told me this was nothing new And I've got to find some way, some way to push on through And you've got to keep your ways about you, Your ways about you And sometimes they may not understand you They may not understand you But you've got to keep your ways about you, Your ways about you And sometimes they may not understand you They may not understand you Well one night I went out to take a walk To clear my mind I looked down to the ground But only found the rocks and cracks Staring on back