Phil’s Song (Learn to Stop Time)

[Verse 1] Well there's a lady I know down in Acapulco Has a house up high on a hill Don't bother bringing medicine Her smile is your pill [Verse 2] There's a beach down the street, just a hundred feet Gonna stick my toes in the sand There's a couple so old, they're taking a stroll But they're still holding hands [Verse 3] If there's a secret they have, well, I'd like to know They could whisper it right in my ear They said, "Open your eyes because you're living blind And know love is greater than fear" [Chorus 1] 'Cause I've been up and I've been down Oh, I've been around and around [Verse 4] There's a girl I see when I go back out east She lets me sleep in her bed In the morning we talk about everything What she learned from the books she read [Verse 5] There's a store on the corner that sells anything A simple man might need Cigarettes and coffee Lotto tickets just to dream [Verse 6] There's a park on the way where I like to go Just to sit and watch the folks Kids playing ball Their mamas on the phone [Chorus 2] 'Cause I've been here and I've been there With you, I feel safe and I feel scared [Bridge] But if I could learn to stop time Don't you know I would? How sweet it would be Only if I could [Verse 7] There's a friend I have, she up and packed her bag And headed way up north Turned her back on everything she knew To brainwash some new foolish fool [Verse 8] If I had to guess, he ain't much different than me Pretty smart but fairly dumb Fall in line behind a pretty smile And a phony selfish charm [Verse 9] But the past is the past and I don't look back But sometimes she'll call my phone Open the wound just to rub some salt She's a miserable person but it ain't her fault [Chorus 3] 'Cause I've been here and I've been there But with you, I feel safe and I feel scared I've been up, and I've been down Oh, I've been around and around [Bridge] But if I could learn to stop time Don't you know I would? How sweet it would be Only if I could