Doesn't Have To Be That Way Lyrics

There's a storm brewing out on the open sea
Sweeping its way here to you and me
But all the lights are out and the streets are dark
And there's a soul without a fire trying to find a spark
And this heartbreak season, it's leaving its mark on meBut it doesn't have to be that way, it's not the way that it has to be
It's coming over the walls and I'm drowning in it can't you see
It's not the way that it has to be, doesn't have to be that wayBlack night sitting heavy all around
I got a mind full of heartaches and hand me downs
I got a freight train screaming inside my head
That says you can't find love in a stranger's bed
And my mouth is full of all the words that I wish I had saidBut it doesn't have to be that way, it's not the way that it has to be
It's coming over the walls and I'm drowning in it can't you see
It's not the way that it has to be, doesn't have to be that wayIt's so much harder now that the blue skies have gone away
I wish I had just one more dayWhiskey like water flowing down a drain
And I'm wasted as a candle in a hurricane
But you can't stop something that's this far gone
Goodbyes are easier than I was wrongs
Suicide ain't a matter of degreeBut it doesn't have to be that way, it's not the way that it has to be

It's coming over the walls and I'm drowning in it can't you see
It's not the way that it has to be, doesn't have to be that way