Looking for a place to call my home
Where will I sleep tonight, even I don't know.
You ask yourself , "is this how I want to live?"
When empty hands have nothing more to give.

So I drive around and pray that I will make it through today
There's got to be a better way.

You miss your wife, you miss your little girl.
You left them stranded in a different world.
Can you forgive yourself for all the time you've lost?
I wouldn't give that up at any cost.

There's more to life than being in a band,
Your friends are what will matter in the end.
I just want the chance to keep those promises I made
There's got to be a better way.


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Better Way Lyrics as written by Kristopher Lee Roe

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    I like the vocals, quite a self-explanatory song

    infidelon April 10, 2002   Link
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    yeah i think this is great. has any one ever heard this song before? one of my friends swears its a cover but i dunno

    Action and Actionon April 30, 2002   Link
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    this song was written by a lonely kris when he first moved from Indiana to California

    Ewanon June 12, 2002   Link
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    It's sad, but it's real and is right to the point I love this song like the lyrics are great "So I drive around and pray that I will make it through today There's got to be a better way."

    BittrSweeton January 30, 2005   Link
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    "Ijust want the chance to keep those promises I made" I wonder if it's about wedding vows? Or whether they're promises he made to himself? That nothing could ever change him, but he was forced to change by society? Kris's lyrics are so deep.

    riverofletheon October 02, 2006   Link

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