Ever since you left 
Everything has changed 
We'll never be the same again 
This place has seemed so strange 
I needed to get out of here 
There's sadness in this town 
But every time I moved away 
It's followed me around 
And I don't need a song to sing 
I don't need anything at all 
I don't even need to dance 
I can just stand with my back against the wall 
So I can see the way you feel 
So I can know the thoughts that run through your mind 
I wasn't giving up on you 
You used to seem impossible to deny 
Tell me there's a reason why I'm here 
I need to believe it 
Here I go again 
Burning up the night 
Even though I couldn't resist 
I told myself I could 
And hoped to God I always felt like this 
She can't decide if I'm a king or trash 
She loves me for the Johnny 
But she hates me for the Cash 
And you can only take so much 
If you could see the way I feel 
If you could know the thoughts that run through my mind 
I wasn't giving up on you 
It used to seem impossible to deny 
Tell me there's a reason why I'm here 
I need to believe it 
Here I go again 
Burning up the night 
You can't escape the morning 
When there's someone on your mind 
I been doing this for years now 
And can't break any ground 
And I don't know what to do but keep on moving on 
Wouldn't I be your shoulder? 
Wouldn't I have broken your fall? 
Does it still hurt? 
Now that you're older have you healed at all? 
Here I go again 
Burning up the night 
You can't escape the morning 
When there's someone on your mind 
A man can feel like he's in hell 
When he doesn't want to be 
In a place where what's inside of him 
Is all that's left to see