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on the black rock is where i spend my time
writing that memory, or writing a rhyme
thinking about what is right or wrong
on the black rock is where i like to go
after a long night coming home from my show
that's where i write my song all day long, the black rock
maryland that is

well sometimes, well i just look around
to take in that feeling coming out from that ground
well that's just something i do sometimes, yeah yeah yeah
said and then i, i just come out this door
to take in that wind coming off of my shore
and that's just what we're doing tonight, yeah

on the black rock is where i spend my time
writing that memory, or writing a rhyme
thinking about what is right or wrong
on the black rock is where i like to go
after a long night coming home from my show
that's where i write my song all day long, the black rock, yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah, c'mon

when you are out on your own
not speaking out is like fighting alone
that's the worst damn way to fight
and when you are scared no more
just reach your hand out, open the door
well that's just what we're doing tonight

on the black rock is where i spend my time
writing that memory, or writing a rhyme
thinking about what is right or wrong
on the black rock is where i like to go
after a long night coming home from my show
that's where i write my song all day long, the black rock, yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah

about one, maybe two, three, four, five years ago
oh, i lived my days full of confusion
as we know, this comes and goes
but it leaves me upset all the time
ah, i was ready to do anything that was wrong

and i was looking for an answer
to just one of these questions here
so i went to this riverside
to find me head so clear
and i saw this old man sittin on a big black rock
i said what's your name
he said i'm old man time

and my son, well i've been waiting for you for long
you see that i can see your vapors that are growing in you strong
oh i can see that you're hurt
and i can see that you're so vain
but you must listen to this thing i say
and live through it all again

you must lose that anger, lose all that hate
it ain't gonna work no more
i said this world is run by love and absolutely nothing more
so i laid down all my pain and i got rid of my hate
and i love to get away and the black rock is where i'll stay
we all have a black rock, it's in our minds
and i go there all the time
it's the black rock