I Can't Start Now

Too many late nights, goin' too deeply Into her reasons for leavin' me here, like I don't know why Thought those blue eyes could complete me But I filled them instead with the ghosts in my head I'm never satisfied 'Til the first tear falls Spend my days now dodgin' memories, Shufflin' my dreams of what we could've been, in another time In places we've known, I sit by the payphone, Then I warm to my theme with the burn of the Beam And build my tower of dimes, But I still can't call I hid it all with pride, while time was on my side, From the echoing alley to the sun-kissed valley, I made it through somehow I kept it all inside, never let it slide And I can't start now Well I was stand-up, loved a showdown Kept my eyes on the road, never saw what I owed 'Til the price was high I heard her sweet lips whisper "slow down" Then my heart hid inside while my old foolish pride Made those blue eyes cry And the rain came down... I've played it wise too long, to say that I was wrong From the kisses in the Palais to the sun-kissed valley, I've broken every vow I never used three words where two would be enough And I can't start now And every new day dawns to beat me I'm on the ropes, but still I'm hangin' in But for us to survive, I feel I'd be taking a dive And I can not win I hid it all with pride, while time was on my side From the echoing alley to the sun-kissed valley, I made it through somehow But she had made me start to open up my heart And I can't stop now