one more corner to turn one more lesson to learn one more gentle word would be the last i ever heard but ain t no one gonna give that to me now then at once i m taken outside all at once i hear you say goodnight and just once will you allow me to stay you shake your head and say you ve got to get back to your fight i have all my possessions inside and i run though the streets of my life and i cannot tell my dreams from the memories i believe but all and all it keeps me alive no more corners to turn no more lessons to learn one last night of sleep and then i am my brother s to keep but it makes no difference to them now then at once i m taken outside all at once i hear you say goodnight and just once will you allow me to stay you shake your head and say you ve got to get back to your fight i have all my possessions inside and i run though the streets of my life and i cannot tell my dreams from the memories i believe but all and all it keeps me alive all my life it comes around i see the boys just like they were before and you re there too sitting on the stoop and waving all my life it comes around i see us all just like we were before and you re there too without another soul to save i have all my possessions inside and i run though the streets of my life and i cannot tell my dreams from the memories i believe but all and all it keeps me alive i have all my possessions inside and i run though the streets of my life and i cannot tell my dreams from the memories i believe but all and all it keeps me alive