there was a time when a man lived by his word and the simple truth was not so hard to take when his enemies were thousands of miles away and he stood by the promises he d make all that i ask for all that i need is someone that i can believe yeah just like the air that we breathe in a single day to a drowning man how much do you think he d pay all that i ask for all that i need is someone that i can believe when i listen to the things you try to say any ordinary man would fade away but if you want i m ready to receive i know that i can believe every word you say and the love you give away goes straight to my heart and everything you do and how you follow through can keep us together or tear us apart when i listen to the things you try to say any ordinary man would fade away but if you want i m ready to receive well i would not have it any other way i know that i i know that i i know that i can believe yeah and i am listening to every word you say