Blow Away (Live at the Capital Centre, Landover, MD, March 16, 1990)

[Verse 1]
A man and a woman come together as strangers
When they part they're usually strangers still
It's like a practical joke played on us by our maker
Empty bottles that can't be filled

[Chorus]
Baby, who's to say it should have been different now that it's done
(Baby, who's to say)
Baby, who's to say it should have been anyway
Baby, who's to say that it even matters in the long run
(Baby, who's to say)
Give it just a minute
And it'll blow away, it'll blow away

[Verse 2]
You fancy me to be the master of your feelings
You barely bruise me with your looks to kill
I admit we were sometimes brutal in our dealings
I never held you against your will

[Chorus]
Baby, who's to say it should have been different now that it's done
(Baby, who's to say)
Baby, who's to say it should have been anyway
Baby, who's to say that it even matters in the long run
(Baby, who's to say)
Give it just a minute
It'll blow away

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]
Your case against me is so very clearly stated
I plead no contest, I just turn and shrug
I've come to figure all importance overestimated
You must mean water when you get on your knees and you beg me for blood

[Chorus]
Baby, who's to say it should have been different now that it's done
(Baby, who's to say)
Baby, who's to say it should have been anyway
Baby, who's to say that it even matters in the long run
(Baby, who's to say)
Give it just a minute
It'll blow away, it'll blow away

[Outro]
Like a feather in a whirlwind (Blow away)
Just as surely as the world spins (Blow away)
Oh, it'll blow away (Blow away)
Ooh, it'll blow
Give it just, give it just, give it just a little minute, baby
Give it just, give it just, give it just a little minute now
Oh, it'll blow away, yeah
Oh, it'll blow, it'll blow, it'll blow, it'll blow away
Hey, hey, oh, it'll blow, it'll blow away, hey
Blow away it will
Wait

[Instrumental]

Give it just a little second now
Give me just one little piece of your time
I don't wanna leave, I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna, I don't wanna hear, man
Just one little second of your time
I got something to say
I got something for you to hear
So listen close, listen close
Listen up, listen, listen, I want you to hear
It's like you got your fist closed tight
It's like you got blood right here in your fist
And you're balling your fist close, tight to your chest
It's like you wanna push it in, it's like you wanna push it in deep
It's like you wanna push it deep inside
It's like you wanna push it deep inside your heart, inside your heart
Deep if you can
It's like you wanna keep it in your heart
It's like you wanna keep it there forever, never let it go
Never let it go
But where you think your rib cage is in yourself
It's not gonna keep love in, maybe it'll keep love out
But it won't keep it there
Do you wanna know real love?
Do you wanna know real love?
Real love, real love, real love, keep it simple
Real love you gon' hang on to
Real love, you could let go, you could let it fly
It comes right back to you, that's real love
Real, real, real, real, real, real, real love
Do me a favor, help me out, oh, come on and help me out
Take that fist, and shove it in the air
Take your fingers and open 'em up, open 'em up one at a time
Who gives a shit, just open 'em up
And let it breathe so long, let it breathe right now
Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool breeze along
Let it blow away
Let it blow, let it blow, let it blow, let it blow away
Let it blow, let it blow, let it blow away
Real love, real love, go to real love, real love 'cause it's on its way
Real love, real love, real, real love, real love is on its way
It's on its way, it's on its way, it's on its way, it's on its way
It's on, oh its way

[Instrumental]