The moon was full and my heart was closed
A ragamuffin with dirty clothes
Eyes afraid as the darkness grows
I felt the thorns as I smelled the rose

Bittersweet were the years ahead
Memories that I left for dead
Laughter and the tears I've shed
Have shaped the world, at least the one I know

Down the highways and low days
Through the past and suffering
So many nights underwater
The times when I could not stop smiling
Through it all,
Looking back,
I wouldn't change a single thing

The desert sleeps in the howling winds
The trees all look like skeletons
As I drive down this road again
I'm reminded of where I've been

I've been cold as ice on a summer's day
Walked through the fire didn't feel the flames
I felt a love and then was thrown away
Yeah, I've been without, had to look within

Down the highways and low days
Through the past and suffering
So many nights underwater
Times when I could not stop smiling
Through it all,
Looking back,
I wouldn't change a single thing

The moon was full and my heart was closed
A ragamuffin with dirty clothes
Eyes afraid as the darkness grows
I felt the thorns as I smelled the rose

Down the highways and low days
Through the past and suffering
So many nights underwater
Times when I could not stop smiling
Through it all,
Looking back,
I wouldn't change a single thing
I wouldn't change a single thing
I wouldn't change a single thing