On the Outside, Looking In - Co-Write
*Sandra and I decided to write a song. It's always a pleasure writing with her.
On the Outside, Looking In
There once was a time when my yesterdays were full of joy
feeling alive with love when I had my family near
I shared the dreams and expectations of every girl and boy
today I think of those days and fight back the tears
the streets I walk are unchanged but no longer the same
around me, the world I knew has spun out of control
I question all that I know, do I belong in this game
when what's shown to me is starting to take its toll
(Chorus)
Don't know how I ended up outside, looking in
the window of this soul has clouded, I know
left my heart at a standstill, losing its will
at the end of this road, where now do I go?
tell me, when I'm on the outside, looking in
With each breath and step, I feel out of place
each second feeling like a crime for which I pay
a little more I slip away with each tomorrow I face
the dreams I've had, have long since faded away
(Chorus)
So many roads still lay before me as I roam
(give me a sign at the end of days light)
but now I'm lost without a sense of direction
(I'm feeling empty and cold tonight)
Loved ones have passed; there's no place to call home
(show me a way through the night)
caught in a world consumed by an apathetic affliction
(someone say it's going to be alright, be alright)
(Chorus)
Don't know how I ended up outside, looking in
the window of this soul has clouded, I know
left my heart at a standstill, losing its will
at the end of this road, where now do I go?
tell me, when I'm on the outside, looking in
don't want to be on the outside, looking in....
*Not for any contest
Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire | Year Posted 2011
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