Both of Us (Cover)

I wish I was strong enough
To lift not one, but both of us.
Some day I will be strong enough
To lift not one, but both of us.

Ever thought about losing it
When your money's all gone and you lose your whip
You might lose your grip when the land lord tell you
That you're due for rent

And the grass so green on the other side
Make a kid wanna run straight through the fence
Open up the fridge bout twenty times
But you still can't find no food in it
That's foolishness

Sometimes I wonder
Why we care so much
Bout the way we look
And the way we talk
And the way we act
And the clothes we bought
How much that cost

But does it really even matter
'Cause if life is an up hill battle
We all trying to climb with the same old ladder
In the same boat with the same old paddle

Why so shallow
I'm just asking
What's the pattern
To the madness

'Cause everybody ain't a number one draft pick
Most of us ain't hollywood actors
But if it's all for one and one for all
Then maybe one day we all can ball
Do it one time for the underdogs
Sincerly yours from one of ya'll

I wish I was strong enough
To lift not one, but both of us
Someday I will be strong enough
To lift not one, but both of us

I can feel your pain
I can be your anchor
And I try so hard to be strong enough for you
But the world gets heavy when you're lifting for two

I swore it'd be alright
I still promise it is
And I just kept talking
Until people started listening

The problem with that is people started believing
Now everybody needs an answer
Everybody wants a reason

Now there's hundreds of stories
And there's thousands of letters
And I wanna tell them all that's it's gonna get better

And the nightmare that I can't seem to shake in my head
Is that I'll lose you in the static of the calls coming in
What if it was just us
I wonder sometimes
You know that it kills me when I can't reply

If we were only alone in our own little place
I had this crazy idea
Maybe we could run away

Maybe just today
Maybe you and me
Maybe we could build a world that no body else sees

I can be the king
And you could be the queen
And it would never get late
So we'd never have to leave

And everytime it got cold
I'd be the blanlet you need
You could lay there forever
On my shoulder while you sleep

But that's not real life
It's a distant dream
And we're still wide awake
Maybe someday

I wish I was strong enough
To lift not one, but both of us
Someday I will be strong enough
To lift not one, but both of us