i've gone too fastnto hope this feeling won't passnlike i know the smell of summernand i know it won't lastnnand then that's just too bad nis about all they could saynwhen the rags don't turn to richesnand you're caught without famennin this path that strings you outnso you would die for the praisenwords of those you've never knownnwho never paid for their tastesnnthey won't hear how i've been livingnlike this everydaynwhat (all) they'll hear is someonenone that they trust with their tastesnandnni strolled through my old lifento find it don't feel rightnempty the classroomsnto getting away fromnthe things she's been sayingnand everything i knewni shouldn't have to tell youni want to be near younbut i guess i've got you foolednfor now i'm not so proudnthat i can't look away from itnwe'renn(chorus)nlost and coldnand all alonenyou know the view it was clearnyou konw everything seemed clearnwhen they just left us herennwhen this all fallsnwe'll need you closenbe understanding be therenplease don't forget ndon't forget to carennnstill looking westnbut stuck here safe with the restnbroken down on weekend nights spentnjust looking for a friendnnsomeone said that life will kill younman i jumped at the chancenbut i never got the rhythm rightnnever made it lastnnof those friendsnthey let you down when they'renput up to the testnof that girlni'll need her morenafter i've got nothing leftnnuntil then i'll take for grantednwhat i just don't deservensaid i'd quit if she spokenbut i can't, so i won'tnnni hopped on the last trainnjust looking for somethingnthe promise of more roomna life of rejectionnthat's full of directionsnthat have all since fallen throughni'm hating to say itnbut there's no escapingneverything we ever knewnthat's let us downnso let's get outnbefore we look back toonn(chorus)nni got to your doorwaynwith time just to be latenfor every chance i've ever hadni climbed up the mountainnand still nothing happenednmaybe we'll be wrong til the endni got to your doorwaynhoping for everythingnbut i saw it on your faceni failednthere's nothing therenjust give me timeni'll learn i swearnfor now let's seenwhat happens in a dreamnn(chorus)nlost and coldnbut not alonenand now that everyone's herenwe've got nothing to fearnnas time will shownour numbers grownwhatever happens therenplease don't forgetndon't forget to care