Everything has a reason Everything has a start Anything that ever burned Had a spark Anything I ever wanted Anyone I ever needed Always seemed to leave me standing in the dark Suddenly I'm caught ...

Some children see Him lily white the infant Jesus born this night Some children see Him lily white with tresses soft and fair Some children see Him bronzed and brown the Lord of heav'n to ear...

eave me standing in the dark...Opened the door, and you stepp...And I'm watching the hours...I'll be waiting up, counting the stars...Counting the stars...Opened the door, and you stepp...And I'm watching the hours...I'll be waiting up, counting the stars...Counting the stars...Opened the door, and you stepp...And I'm watching the hours...I'll be waiting up, counting the stars...Counting the stars...Counting the stars...Counting the stars

Smoking in the girls' room ...elley's rape behind the McDonald's ...Stuck in the teenage waste ...en getting drunk in the bushes by the road outside the Kmart ...Slip the acid on your tongue...Then count the stars and the ten million woes ...Just you and the universe judging ea...Stuck in the teenage waste ...Stuck in the teenage waste ...We're counting the stars ...We're counting the stars ...We're counting the stars, we're counting the stars ... it's you and me in the open air ...We're counting the stars, we're counting the stars, we're counting the stars, we're counting the stars

esome tonight while the moon's shining brig...I'm counting the stars in the blue ... I'm counting the stars in the blue ...And pray to the One up above ...I'm counting the stars up above ...I'm counting the stars in the blue

Worry how the bills will get paid...iver bank all night counting the stars,...feeling we found in the back seat of my car...Even in the dark,...The last time we really...The last time we had a ...When we hated that the moment passed,...Here we are down the road,...iver bank all night counting the stars,...feeling we found in the back seat of my car...Even in the dark,...iver bank all night counting the stars,...feeling we found in the back seat of my car...Even in the dark,

Counting the stars ... I dream about the summer days, ... Love in the sun ... I see the stars, they're mile... I see the stars, they're mile... Counting the stars ... Snow dances with the wind ... I see the stars, they're mile

Counting the stars ...I dream about the summer days, ...Love in the sun ...I see the stars, they're mile...I see the stars, they're mile...Counting the stars ...Snow dances with the wind ...I see the stars, they're mile

Counting the stars ...I dream about the summer days,...Love in the sun...I see the stars, they're mile...I see the stars, they're mile...Counting the stars ...Snow dances with the wind...I see the stars, they're mile

Counting the stars ...I dream about the summer days,...Love in the sun...I see the stars, they're mile...I see the stars, they're mile...Counting the stars ...Snow dances with the wind...I see the stars, they're mile

Sitting alone in the doghouse ...Thinking of you all the time ... Sitting alone in the doghouse ...Thinking of you all the time ... Counting the stars of the night ... Counting the stars of the night ...itting and watching the sunrise ...itting and watching the sunrise

Make you switch the TV off ...To Make you switch the TV off ...You're laughing in the background noise ...r wonder, where did the summer go? ...Counting The TV's and counting the stars ...Your laughter in the background noise ...I'll keep you in the background noise

At the foot of the ocean ...The storm of the morning is clearing, the tide is running out... Your hand You made the wind, ...You made the sea ...You made the stars and every creature ...In the heart of the evening I'm counting the stars set in the sky ...ome hole I carve in the earth

The cherry moon it shon...Under the stars shining down every ...I would circle the moon ...I used to be the house that you live...moved they cut down the maple tree ...The tree became a boat,...And when the water turned to sal...m your tears it hit the bottom of the ocean ...Tiny like the sand in the cracks of drift woo...Washed up on the shore of an ocean o...Boats out on the horizon ...Made of the maple tree where we...n Meadowlake Street counting the stars you and I

Under the sun the powers came alive...The sound of our cause, the meaning of life...Beyond stars and skies...Bring the Hammer Down...Slam it down to the ground...se your fists, heed the call...Bring the Hammer Down, behold the light...The future holds nothin...Still counting the stars, in search fo...The meaning of life...Bring the Hammer Down...Slam it down to the ground...se your fists, heed the call...Bring the Hammer Down, behold the light...Bring the Hammer Down...Slam it down to the ground...se your fists, heed the call...Bring the Hammer Down, behold the light

The cherry moon it shon...Under the stars shining down every ...I would circle the moon...I used to be the house that you live...moved they cut down the maple tree...The tree became a boat,...And when the water turned to sal...m your tears it hit the bottom of the ocean...Tiny like the sand in the cracks of drift woo...Washed up on the shore of an ocean o...Boats out on the horizon...Made of the maple tree where we...n Meadowlake Street counting the stars you and I

Shinin' through the trees, ...Are floatin' on the breeze ...Across the field where the creek turns back by the ol' stump road ...me going fishing in the dark, ...ng on our backs and counting the stars ...Where the cool grass grows. ...Down by the river in the full moon light, ... fallin' in love in the middle of the night ...Stayin' the whole night through... is almost over and the summer's comin' ...The days are gettin' lo...ited all winter for the time to be right, j... we sit forever and the fish don't bite ...Jump in the river and cool ourselves from the heat of the night