Nineteen and running scared
You thought a love would pull you through
But your dreams of matrimony
Never quite came true
So you packed up your things
You set off running
Trying to leave behind the pain
You left your heart and
walked home alone
With nothing to win, nothing to gain
You've heard it before
This time it just might find your heart
I'll say it again
That he can reach you wherever you may
Until my breath is gone
Until my breath is gone
You were all a man could be
to my twelve -year -old eyes
A little brother worshipping
and I never realized
Oh, you hid it all so well
and built the line instead
The truth never reached your heart
I guess it was there,
just trapped in your head
Heard it before
This time it just might find your heart
Say it again
That he can reach you
wherever you've been
Heard it before
And it breaks his heart to see you alone
I'm saying again
I will not, I cannot,
I won't turn my head
Until my breath is gone
Until my breath is gone
Oh, we were so different
You said you felt that forever
But, then if you stopped running
You'll see that we fell right next to you
You've heard it before
This time it just might find your heart
Say it again
That he can reach you
wherever you've been
You've heard it before
And it breaks his heart to see you alone
I'll say it again
Oh, you've heard it before
Oh, oh, oh
I'll say it again
Till my breath is gone