This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.

One night of love don't make up for six nights alone. But I'd rather have one than none Lord, cause I'm flesh and bone.

The men who could not fight, in a war that didn't seem right. You let them come home, America.

If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.

What bothers me most is that I don't bother you.

You've got to care about the music...You'd better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money. And you'd sure better not be doing it because it's a way to make a living, 'cause that ain't always going to be easy. You got to believe it, believe in the music. You got to mean it.

Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.