How to Save a Life

Step one, you say, "We need to talk" And he walks, you say, "Sit down, it's just a talk" He smiles politely back at you You stare politely right on through Some sort of window to your right As he goes left and you stay right Between the lines of fear and blame You begin to wonder why you came Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend Somewhere along in the bitterness And I would have stayed up with you all night Had I known how to save a life Let him know that you know best 'Cause after all ya do know best Try to slip past his defence Without granting innocence Lay down a list of what is wrong The things you've told him all along And pray to God he hears you And I pray to God he hears you (ah) And where did I go wrong? I lost a friend Somewhere along in the bitterness And I would have stayed up with you all night Had I known how to save a life (How to save a life) (Mm, ah-ah-ah) (Lay down a list of what is wrong) (Mm, ah-ah-ah) Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend (ah) Somewhere along in the bitterness (how to save a life) And I would have stayed up with you all night Had I known how to save a life (Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend) (Somewhere along in the bitterness) how to save a life (And I would have stayed up with you all night) (Had I known) how to save a life