Proof

Let me tell you a secret
I've been keepin' for a while
It's been weighin' on me heavy
I've been carryin' it for miles

Picked it up in Indiana
From a woman with long hair
She'd been holding it for so long
Done more than her share

Let me tell you what she told me
Though it might be hard to hear
I would rather hurt your feelings
Than watch you live in fear

There's no reward for good behavior
And there's no such thing as fair
You can build the highest tower
There's no answers there

You'd bеtter love the feeling
Of swеat upon your brow
'Cause that's the only proof you'll get
We're even living now

It's been a long, cold winter
And you want me to say
There's a light beyond the tunnel
There's an end to dark and gray

But don't wish away your time
Because time is all we've got
God knows I don't blame you
We're cut from the same cloth

And I've wished away a hundred days
And now I wish them back
And either way things will change
Before you can react

There's no reward for good behavior
And there's no such thing as fair
You can build the highest towers
There's no answers there

You'd better love the feeling
Of sweat upon your brow
'Cause that's the only proof you'll get
We're even living now