Cortez - Before You Came Along Lyrics

Once I was a drowning man
I was swimming against the tide
I've been searching high
I've even been searching low
Wondering why
Just wanted to know
About an eye for an eye
And the first stone to throw
You came around
And put me back on my feet

I've been hiding out
I was taken for dead and gone
I was sliding down, it was too late to turn around
Yes I was lost
When you found me
Down at my worst
Below rock bottom
I couldn't see
That two ain't such a crowd

I was worn-out and wasted
And washed up, on my knees
Couldn't walk tall, I was scarred all over
Yet the last thing on my mind was
To ask whatever above to send me someone that cared
That was long before
That was not so long before
You came along

I was blinded and
I was stumbling through the dark
I got fooled again
I've met all kinds of sinners and saints
But I never could tell
Which one is which
I burned all my ships
And every bridge
Kept moving on
Passed the point of no return

I was worn-out and wasted
And washed up, on my knees
Couldn't walk tall, I was scarred all over
Yet the last thing on my mind was
To ask whatever above to send me someone that cared
That was long before
That was not so long before
You came along

I've been building on quicksand
While I thought it was solid ground
I couldn't even care that
It all was bound to go down
I was given a diamond
But I mistook it for a grey stone
I was running around in circles
Just to end up all alone

That was long before
That was not so long before
That was long before
That was not so long before
You came along