I finally got a 4.0
Some how I don’t care even though
I gave it so much stress and so much thought
Stuck to the books and worked long nights
Should’ve seen I was wrong, and you were right
Until it’s gone you don’t know what you’ve lost

'Cause I just don’t care anymore
‘Cause you're just not there  anymore
I was a rich man before
The richest man in the world!
But now you’re not there  anymore
And I see life’s not fair anymore
That’s why I don’t care anymore
I just don't care

I finally learned to play that song
The one I’ve been working on for so long
I gave it so much faith and so much time
When I sit and play people sing along
Now the music is there, but the meaning is gone
Like seeing but still feeling blind

That’s why I don’t care anymore
‘Cause you're just not there anymore
I was a rich man before
The richest man in the world!
But now you’re not there  anymore
And I see life’s not fair anymore
That’s why I don’t care anymore
I just don't care

How I cared when you wanted me to play
When you’d call and leave me messages every day
How I cared when you’d laughingly say my name
How I cared when you cared.

That’s why I don’t care anymore
‘Cause you just don’t care anymore
I was a rich man before
The richest man in the world!
But now you don’t care anymore
And I see life’s not fair anymore
That’s why I don’t care anymore
I just don't care

I could win a gold medal, set foot on Mars
Climb Everest, own popular cars
I could find, fortune, fame and glory
Could be the smartest, the strongest, the greatest, the best
I could win every battle, I could pass any test
But I’m already cut from life’s happiest story

That’s why I don’t care anymore
‘Cause you're just not there  anymore
I was a rich man before
The richest man in the world!
But now you’re not there  anymore
And I see life’s not fair anymore
That’s why I don’t care anymore
I just don't care

That’s why I don’t care anymore
‘Cause you're just not there  anymore
I was a rich man before
The richest man in the world!
But now you’re not there  anymore
And I see life’s not fair anymore
That’s why I don’t care anymore
I just don't care

So many love songs that someone else wrote
So many love songs that lovers like to quote
But this love’s a song that could only come from me
This love, this song, for Courtney

So many love songs that could tell you how I feel
But I see you wonderin’ if those feelings are for real
But this love’s a song that really comes from me
This love, this song, for Courtney

I must have tried a million times
To find the song that makes my meaning clear
What’s here inside me wants to slip past your mind
And whisper where only hearts can hear

You’ll have to forgive me when I stumble over words
I guess to a poet my lyrics may seem absurd
But this love’s a song that you make me want to sing
This love, this song, for Courtney
This love, this song, is true
This love, this song, for you

Stracciatella, ananas, cioccolato, fragola,
Mela verde, bacio, nocciola e pistacchio,
Menta, melone, pesca e limone,
Kiwi, crema, cocco, pepperoncino!

Fior di latte, banana, arancio e anguria,
Frutta di bosco, pera e pompelmo,
Amarena, Duplo, albicocca, cedro,
Panna cotta, agrumi, Nutella, Kinder, chianti!

Gelato a me piace
Mi trovo con un cono
Quasi ogni giorno
Quanto a me piace
Dopo ogni pasto,
Oppur divento pazzo!

Bitter, cacio, rose, zuppa inglese,
Sai che negli USA qui, c’è burro di arachidi!
Yogurt, tiramisù e caffè (d’orzo, ambedue)
Miele, amaretto, cioccolato bianco,
Gusto della casa, Fiorentin sorpresa!
Chocolat divino, e per forza, Paolino!

Dai, imaginiam un po’, avremm bicarbonato,
Prova detersivo, sale, pepe nero,
Olio di Oliva, caprese, carbonara
Pasta amatriciana, (breath) pepperonata!

Cetriol, lumaca, magari anche acqua.
Tonno e salmone, scarpa e mattone,
Piccione e cavallo, plastica, metallo,
Qualcuno vuol porchetta? Cono o coppetta?

Gelato a me piace
Mi trovo con un cono
Quasi ogni giorno
Quanto a me piace
Dopo ogni pasto,
Oppur divento pazzo!

Mi fa la cialda grande
Quanti gusti, trentatré!?
Con panna giù in fondo?
Ne mangio un secondo!
Mi metta ogni gusto,
Meno Sushi - non ci sto!
Mille grazie, Fabio,
A domani! Me ne vo!

Gelato a me piace
Mi trovo con un cono
Quasi ogni giorno
Quanto a me piace
Dopo ogni pasto,
Oppur divento pazzo!

There you are
Far too far
Away from me

I hold you tight
Afraid you might
Disappear

'Cause I don't just want memories of happy days
No, I don't want to let you slip away from me.
Will you be mine, but not just for time,
Will you be mine, Eternally?

Your hand in mine
The colors shine
Beautifully

Faith-filled prayers
That mundane cares
Will leave us be

'Cause I don't just want memories of happy days
No, I don't want to let you slip away from me.
Will you be mine, but not just for time,
Will you be mine, Eternally?

When winter storms come, will we let the roses die?
When we find thorns, what then?
Roses live or die day by day
How will we make them bloom again?

Children come
And children go
But so do we

And when life's gone,
Then comes the dawn;
What joy there'll be!

'Cause there won't just be memories of happy days
I won't ever see you slip away from me
Then you'll be mine, but not just for time,
Then you'll be mine,
Oh, say you'll be mine
Will you be mine
Eternally

I was there that autumn night
Watched a little boy cry in the front porch light
Life as he knew it turning black and white
He looked so alone

I hid and watched at the top of the stairs
As you held him close and wiped his tears
Only you and I know after all these years
How you brought him home

I was there, I was there, I was there, I was there

It was little ways and little things
The way water falls and a songbird sings
Amazing the places you find heavens wings
in the to-and-fro

So many times that someone else won
What you didn't claim when your number was drawn
You won't make the news but even so,
Don't need a headline to know a hero!

I was there, I was there, I was there, I was there

I watched you work and I watched how you played
And when you felt weak I watched how you prayed
Now when people ask, "How are miracles made?”
I remember…

[Piano Interlude]

In a few hundred years
We'll meet beyond this vale of tears
And laugh about days like today

From the book of life they'll read your name
And though they'll smile they'll ask just the same,
What's become of you? but before you can speak,
I'll jump to my feet before thousands and say

I was there, I was there, I was there, I was there

I was there, I was there, I was there, I was there

I would run mile after mile
Just to catch a glimpse of your smile
And then I’d crawl up and down every mountain
To hear your laughter breaking forth as a fountain

I would give every star in the sky
To see that twinkle in your eye
And then I’d sail over all the sea
If but to feel your loving gaze upon me

Jessica, you’ve got me going for broke
I’m wearin’ my heart out on my sleeve
Jessica, even though you think it’s a joke
I can’t give up I still believe

I would take undue hatred and blame
Just to hear you whispering my name
I would leave all comfort behind
Just to feel the bliss of your hand in mine

Jessica, you’ve got me going for broke
I’m wearin’ my heart out on my sleeve
Jessica, even though you think it’s a joke
I can’t give up I still believe

You’re very special to me
And sometimes I wish you could see
What I would do to be with you.

I would hold lay my heart at your feet
Just to feel how strong it would beat
I would stay awake in the night
Just for fear of losing my sight
I would quell all passions but you
Just to make your hopes and dreams come true

Jessica, you’ve got me going for broke
I’m wearin’ my heart out on my sleeve
Jessica, even though you think it’s a joke
I can’t give up I still believe

You’re very special to me
And sometimes I wish you could see
What I would do to be with you.

Left the city in a caravan
For a sea of sand
And the rio grande
Just me, the boys, the wilderness, and
A river guide…

Never thought I’d be jumpin’ in
Trying love again
But I’m one to swim
It might be stupid, but it ain’t no sin
To push the wild side…

Red rock, red river
Met a girl and I kinda dig her
But the Swan bet me that she won’t deliver
Red rock, red river

Had a chance, so I made a jab
Made her kinda mad
So she jumped the gap
Before I knew it she was staring right back
She don’t mess around

I rubbed my chops, and gave a grin
Thought I’d let her win
Let her push me in
Been getting grief for it ever since then
I won’t live this down

Red rock, red river
Met a girl and I kinda dig her
But the Swan bet me that she won’t deliver
Red rock, red river

Would you say yes if I asked you
To a riverside dinner for two
Call me crazy, but say it straight
Would you go out with me on a date?

Your bright gleam piercing through the dark
Like a shooting star
Lights up my guitar
I don’t mind if you leave a scar
Mending’s hard to will

C’mon, girl, time to leave your fears
Embrace a new frontier
Let’s be pioneers
We’ll make a story that they’ll tell for years
Down on Cherry Hill

Red rock, red river
Met a girl and I kinda dig her
But the Swan bet me that she won’t deliver
Red rock, red river

Red rock, red river
Met a girl and I kinda dig her
But the Swan bet me that she won’t deliver
Red rock, red river

Cashed in my dollars,
Said goodbye, to my late night Wendy’s
My j's, my k's, my w's
My reeses pieces,
My guitar and my pick-up streetball
Gave it all up out of the blue

‘Cause before when I had it all
At times I felt I had nothin’
Could answer what but not why
Now Santo Cielo! you’re in my arms
And ‘cause my world spins ‘round you
It now revolves around me, too
It all makes sense now
Santo Cielo!

I watched that boat sail
For the states and for the isles of Hawaii
The waves, like good times, rollin’ on
Left smilin’ faces
Golden locks, my Appellation Mountain
My Christmas Cabin creaks alone

‘Cause before when I had it all
At times I felt I had nothin’
Could answer what but not why
Now Santo Cielo! you’re in my arms
And ‘cause my world spins ‘round you
It now revolves around me, too
It all makes sense now
Santo Cielo!

There I have everything
Here I’ve got you
But with you, nothing’s everything
That’s why I sing…

Been thinkin’ lately
‘Bout a book
Where you choose your own adventure
But I forgot to read ahead.
M’amore mio,
It’s alright, no matter how it goes
Never so happy have I been!

‘Cause before when I had it all
At times I felt I had nothin’
Could answer what but not why
Now Santo Cielo! you’re in my arms
And ‘cause my world spins ‘round you
It now revolves around me, too
It all makes sense now
It all has sense now
It all makes sense now
Santo Cielo!
Santo Cielo!
Santo Cielo!

Boxed up my music,
Those things that make me me
Left my cell and locked the door
And gave some friends the key

Just can’t take the cold no more,
My heart and hands are freezin’
I guess, like sports and weather
Love just has its seasons

Put on your parka and hunker down
But me, I’m skippin’ town

So long, Orion
The leaves and grass are dying
The birds and I are flying
South for the Winter of Love

So long Orion
It’s time to quit the crying
So I’m picking up and flying
South for the winter of love

When people ask where home is
My mind picks up the crayons
And starts to draw with fancy colors
As only children can
Sure, it’s where the heart is
But me, I've cut my ties
I’ve been livin’ from a suitcase
Gotten too good at goodbyes

And I don’t know when I’ll be back
Or even where I’m going, to be exact

So long, Orion
The leaves and grass are dying
The birds and I are flying
South for the Winter of Love

So long Orion
It’s time to quit the crying
So I’m picking up and flying
South for the winter of love

Insanity, they say, is thinking some new result
Will come from doing the same old thing
So why should I expect that stewing over winter
Will somehow hurry spring?
I’m flying South

[Piano Solo]

Boxed up my music,
Those things that make me me
Closed my book and locked the door
And gave some friends the key
I’m willing to accept that I won’t
Always know the reason,
That just like everything in life
Love will have its seasons

I’ll watch the forecast all the while I’m gone
And at the first sign of Spring I’ll come flying home

So long, Orion
The leaves and grass are dying
The birds and I are flying
South for the Winter of Love

So long Orion
It’s time to quit the crying
So I’m picking up and flying
South for the winter of love

So long, Orion
I’m so dang tired of crying!
When I see you up there shining
I know it's high-time I start flying
South, for the Winter of Love

Here I sit still imagining that I'm someone else
Wondering when "some day" will come
Wish away all the hurt and the hurting, but they
Don’t disappear like dreams of who I’d become

I’m still learning how to love me
Just this way and just because
I’m still learning how to love me
The way I know my Savior does

Stuck between knowing right and still falling
Can't get past who I am and who I feel I should be
Walk on by and catch a glimpse of Happy Ever After
Then habit takes me on to some other dream

I’m still learning how to love me
Just this way and just because
I’m still learning how to love me
The way I know my Savior does

He wants me to be happy
Praying heaven I'll repent of my denial
That I'll be kinder to myself
Stop trying to be somebody else
He loves me this way
It's time I took myself off trial

Can you hear? Hear the voice? Someone's calling
Calling anyone who'll hear, calling you.
You're given power to stop someone's suffering
But you’re afraid that your best just won’t do.

I’m still learning how to love me
Just this way and just because
I’m still learning how to love me
The way I know my Savior does

It's time I start learning how He loves me
I've been rowing far too long with just one oar
Finding grace is not above me
And loving the life He gave His own life for.

We’re livin’ apart, you’re no longer near
The voice of my heart is finally speakin’ clear
My thoughts are all betrayed by the fallin’ of a tear
All that I know is how I wish you were here

I know that I said that we should “just be friends”
But lookin’ back I feel I chose the wrong words to send
My heart pleads night and day with me to make amends
Being happy without you is too hard to pretend. 

I think back to the first time when we sat and talked all night
The first time when I left my fears and grasped your hand so tight
Or holding you and singin’ under starry speckled lights
How can leaving so much joy be right?

Don’t let what I say change what you think you should do
You have every right to walk away and say that we’re through
But my mind won’t be at rest until I’ve given you a clue
You might have gotten over me, but girl, I’m still not over you.

The story is told of Tad, the tadpole
Born the east side of the street
Who loved to play in the pond all day,
'Til one day he grew some feet
He looked around and guess what he found?
All the frogs had up and gone!
Having grown in size, they were hungry for flies
In the bigger westside pond.

[guitar and whistle interlude]

Well, for our little frog friend, it was then he began
To think a change, he might like, too.
But crossing that street with his brand new feet
Seemed a right scary thing to do!
"Those cars don't stop and if mis-hop? POP!"
At the thought his face turned green.
But determined and bold Tad strode to the road
To get a good look at the scene, and he saw

Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hoppin' little toads
Hop, hop, hop, hoppin', til they get across that road

Tad sat and watched the other frogs cross
More than once he looked away
But soon he found that there were ways around
Becoming froggy tar filet
He saw that those that died and were left to fry
Never caught the notion:
You look both ways, then fix your gaze
Then set those big green legs in motion!

Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop little toads
Hop, hop, hop, hop, til you get across the road

[guitar and whistle interlude]

Ain't no time to stop and find
Why cars come and go
Just hop, hop, hop, hop,
Til you get across that road

Well Tad the frog now sits on a log
In the west pond, right as rain
But every New Year's morn, when the tadpoles are born
He hops back 'cross the lane
He tells them with zest about life in the west
And helps them find their feet.
He tells them all he knows so they can cross the road
And then he leads them to the street, and they go

Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop little toads
Hop, hop, hop, hop, til they get across the road

They go hop, hop, hop little toads
Hop, hop, hop, hop, til they get across that road

Ship lost at sea, no sign of land anywhere
Days become weeks, I silently offer a prayer
Though the crew may fall ill and storms fill the sky
At the end of the day, come what may, I will write

Today, today we sail on
No time for “so long” today
Hold on, we’ll weather this storm
And though we can’t see the shore,
Today we sail on

At times you feel weak, at times you feel oh so alone
Believing's so hard, you just wanna turn 'round and row home
But there's hope against hope, that's how heroes are born
Greatness hides in the throes of a storm

Today, today we sail on
No time for “so long” today
Hold on, we’ll weather this storm
And though we can’t see the shore,
Today we sail on

Just sail on, Just sail on
It’s okay that along the way, at times you’re not moving
Now and then you just gotta be still
When the wind fails to fill your sails and things aren’t improving,
Remember thriving in the end takes surviving in the middle

So sail on! Today just sail on
No time for “so long” today
Hold on, we’ll weather this storm
And though we can’t see the shore,
Today we sail on

Then picture that day! That first blessed day on land!
All that you’d dreamed is suddenly there in your hand!
Will you know how to cry, to let go of your worries?
Or will you only wish then you’d found more joy in the journey?

Today, today just sail on
No time for “so long” today
Hold on, and weather this storm
And if you can’t see the shore,
Today  just sail on

Today, today just sail on
No time for “so long” today
Hold on, and weather this storm
And if you can’t see the shore,
Today  just sail on