Before It's Gone Lyrics

I laid it on the line

Did it all stand up?

I stopped and took the time

Was it worth the trouble?

I wrote it down in rhyme

Why did you laugh at me?

I tried to walk the line

No one caught me when I fell

How did I get so helpless?

I want to know before it's gone

Standing out I ask for nothing

I want to know before it's gone

If I lay me down to sleep on your favorite street

If I perish in a dream would you even notice?

If I ask you for a dime you call the cops on me

If I tell it all in rhyme you say just don't make a scene

How did I get so helpless?

I want to know before it's gone

Standing out I ask for nothing

I want to know before it's gone

Try to write one more chapter

I want to know before it's gone

I'll write it down in dust if I have to before it's gone

It's so technicolor

I'm all in black and white

Madison Avenue American Dream

I'm bathed in candlelight

I'm not reminiscing about something that never happened like Norman Rockwell

When you carve it all in ones and zeroes

Don't forget my name

Please don't forget my name