well there s a lady i know down in acapulco has a house up high on a hill don t bother bringing medicine her smile is your pill there s a beach down the street just a hundred feet gonna stick my toes in the sand there s a couple so old they re taking a stroll but they re still holding hands if there s a secret they have well i d like to know they could whisper it right in my ear they said open your eyes because you re living blind and know love is greater than fear cause i ve been up and i ve been down oh i ve been around and around there s a girl i see when i go back out east she lets me sleep in her bed in the morning we talk about everything what she learned from the books she read there s a store on the corner that sells anything a simple man might need cigarettes and coffee lotto tickets just to dream there s a park on the way where i like to go just to sit and watch the folks kids playing ball their mamas on the phone  cause i ve been here and i ve been there with you i feel safe and i feel scared but if i could learn to stop time don t you know i would how sweet it would be only if i could there s a friend i have she up and packed her bag and headed way up north turned her back on everything she knew to brainwash some new foolish fool if i had to guess he ain t much different than me pretty smart but fairly dumb fall in line behind a pretty smile and a phony selfish charm but the past is the past and i don t look back but sometimes she ll call my phone open the wound just to rub some salt she s a miserable person but it ain t her fault cause i ve been here and i ve been there but with you i feel safe and i feel scared i ve been up and i ve been down oh i ve been around and around but if i could learn to stop time don t you know i would how sweet it would be only if i could