First thing I remember, I was three years old Staring down that two lane, thinking of the great unknown Momma she just looked at me, said "where ya think you're goin' son? It's a mean ol' world and ya best take Care I'll be prayin' when the day is done" Pretty little girl in the bleachers smiling back at me Her words fell flat with a baseball bat now that girl kisses me All my dreams are frightening, shaking in my flesh Tears they roll like thunder, falling and they won't come back I stood by you, you stood by me There is darkness there is light Joy and misery "Daddy tell me a story, were you a little boy? Running around in your hometown, dreaming of making noise?" Years they rush like water, cracks on a broken road All my friends are shadows, the only ones on the run The only ones on the run I'll stand by you, you'll stand by me There is darkness there is light Joy and misery I'll stand by you, you'll stand by me There is darkness there is light Joy and misery First thing I remember I was three years old Staring down that two lane, thinking of the great unknown