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Did you believe them
When they told you they discovered you
That everything is free as long as you do what they tell you to
You think it's true
Nothing could be further from the truth
My love
Did you even listen
When they told you change your name
Now nobody wants honesty
When looking at a perfect frame
Play the game
Nothing could be further from the truth
My love
Nothing is more powerful
Than beauty in a wicked world
Play it girl
Play it girl
Play it girl
Does make you feel good
When they tell you what you want to hear
And after they suck all your soul
Well that's when they'll disappear
Disappear
Disappear forever
Like a prince in your little fairytale
And you will find one day
One day they'll put your soul on sale
Nothing could further form the truth
My love
Nothing is more powerful
Than beauty in a wicked world
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Been some time
Since the first night I saw you
Had some good
Had some bad time since then
And through all of these moments that I've gotten to know you
I realized that I want to be a little bit more than your friend
And I wanna know
If you want to get together
Stay for a while
We can talk about it all
I wanna know
Cuz this feeling won't let me go
Stood around
While you dated that old fool Marcus
Whole time knew he wasn't no damn good for you, well.
Guess it's true sometimes we can all be a little heartless
But tonight, all I wanna do is make sweet love to you.
And I wanna know
If you want to get together
Stay for a while
We can talk about it all
I wanna know
Cuz this feeling won't let me go
Well, all those wasted nights you spend
Well, just crying all those tears
Well, I want you to know girl
I'm around
Yeah I'm here alright
Alright
I wanna know
If you want to get together
Stay for a while
We can talk about it all
I wanna know
'Cause this feeling won't let me go
I wanna know (I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know)
I wanna know
I wanna know (I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know)
I wanna know, baby
All of these feelings
No it won't
No it won't let me go
No it won't baby
It won't let me go
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Baby I want you
Baby I want you
Baby I do
Darling I love you
Darling I love you
Know that it’s true
Don’t leave me here out on my own
Don’t you know how I hate to be alone
I just want to be a part of your home
Baby I want you
Baby I want you
Baby I do
Darling I love you
Darling I love you
Know that it’s true
Don’t leave me here out in the cold
Don’t you know that it’s your hand I want to hold
As these days fly past and unfold
Hey hey hey hey
Baby I want you
Baby I want you
Baby I do
Darling I love you
Darling I love you
Know that it’s true
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Well my woman, she showed up
With your number on her hand
Well I thought that I might call you up
So we could deal with this man to man
You better tell me the truth son, yeah
Well he showed up down at the ballroom
Walking slow and acting strong
Well I said my friend I'll
give you one last chance
To admit that you done me wrong
You better tell me the truth son, yeah
You better tell me the truth son, yeah
Now they got me here in the county
With his blood still on my face
Well the boys in blue they don't play no game
All the sheriff said to me was this...
You better tell me the truth, son
I'ma beat it out of you
You better tell me the truth, son
I'ma beat it out of you
Now they got me here in the lockdown
For a crime I did commit
Well for my last call
I called the number on my girl's hand
To remind you not to forget
You should'a told me the truth, son
Make me beat it out of you
You should'a told me the truth, son
Make me beat it out of you
You should'a tole me the truth, son Oh...
Make me beat it outta you
Make me beat it outta you
Make me beat it
Make me beat it
Make me beat it
Make me beat it out of you
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No on says a word to me
They're concerned with my jealousy
Well, I guess that's how it's got to be from now on
Time, it swallows everything
From the mighty to the meager thing
It's as dark as it is comforting
To play along
With what's been going on
What's been going on
What's been going on
Around here
There goes her old beat up car
Outside of our old favorite bar
She'd probably in there playing her guitar with stars in her eyes
Those are some of my favorite memories all those carefree melodies
While I'm out here on this raging sea about to capsize
With what's been going on
What's been going on
What's been going on
Around here
What's been going on
What's been going on
What's been going on
Around here
No one says a word to me
They're concerned with my jealousy
Well, I guess that's how it's got to from now on
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He got a new mercy a new grace
Street corner preacher with the angry face
He got two years off for good behavior
Back in the neighborhood working for the savior
Two old ladies and a junkie noddin' out
He can see for sure that his work is cut out
Though he walks through the shadows workin' for the savior
He understands the need for livin' large
But it's hard to get a job with a felony charge
Now he's workin' in a hospital washing dishes
Walkin' through the fields of the lost and the viscous
Every step every breath a new benediction
To save the living from a waking death is his conviction
In the eyes of man he seeks no favor
Back in the neighborhood working for the savior
There's a whole lot of trouble all around
Every night the same old sirens sound
There's a whole lot of trouble all around
Children soldiers in this battleground
A new sun and a second chance
He unbolts the door and hops over the fence
A young woman with a baby that her daddy gave her
Back in the neighborhood working for the savior
All around the war rages on
Burnt out houses with the front door gone
His faith is his fountain his love is his labor
Back in the neighborhood working for the savior
He got a new mercy new grace
Street corner preacher with the angry face
He got two years off for good behavior
Back in the neighborhood workin' for the savior
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Sally Jane
How did it
End up this way
With our boxes packed
And not one word to say
The children play
As your car pulled away
I didn't realize
'Til then
It was really goodbye
With your wheels
On the gravel
I felt my heart
Strings unravel
As it started to rain
It started to rain
It started to rain
Forty days
It started to rain
The neighbors came
And they bought
What remained
Of the life we built
With lovin'
With laughter
Then my heart
Started sinking
'Cause I couldn't help
Thinking their fate
Would be the same
It started to rain
It started to rain
Forty days
It started to rain
It started to rain
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The one I love is lost without the least bit of explanation
Just goes to show the futility of self-preservation
Now all I seem to see is all this war, and goin' amongst our nations
What good will it do
Now everybody wants to know the secrets to our salvation
Forever reading on and on, from Genesis to Revelation
Never stopping for a second to examine situations
After all that we've been through
And love it only ends
When there's nothing left to defend
Will we ever see, yeah, yeah
The common bond of humanity
Go on...
Get a landscape of famine and also of frustration
And children walking round without the proper means to education
And still up there on Capitol Hill they're passing all this legislation
For jails and bombs
Still we live behind these hollow walls of lies and segregation
People walking round without the proper means to medication
And still up there on Capitol Hill they're passing all this legislation
For jails and bombs
Anybody out there can hear my prayer
Anybody out there can hear my prayer
Anybody out there can hear my prayer
Anybody out there can hear my prayer
Anybody out there can hear my prayer
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Been kicked around so long
You're starting to get
used to how it feels
The taste of blood that's in your mouth
There's still somehow it always heals
Don't know how you keep on getting up
From all those ghostly blows
And all that pain that lingers
Deep down in the
darkness where it grows
I know how hard it is
To keep your head up kid
To keep your head up Kid
And there you sit on high
All tucked away and
locked up in the clouds
Waiting for someone to finally
Come along and take you out
Into this bitter world
That also often treated you so cruel
When they turn away
You know that they will say
that you're a fool
I know how hard it is
To keep your head up kid
I know how hard it is
To keep your head up kid
And so patiently
You waited for a love to come along
Take you out into this bitter world
So often done you wrong
There you sit alone
And there you shed a solitary tear
Listening to a song
You think that no one
else would ever hear
I know how hard it is
To keep your head up kid
I know hard it is
To keep your head up
Keep your head up
Keep your head up
Keep your head up
Keep your head up
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Hello
It's good to see you coming back again
It's been a long time
Since I sat with you, my friend
I'll lend an ear
It's not that so severe
Time has killed the pain
And dried up every tear
And now
I'm thinking bout what went, down
All the heartache
I laughed away
Just like a clown
And now
Sit around talking
Drink some wine
I'm really glad you stopped in
Spend some time
You sit around talking
Thinking bout the past
It's funny how it lingers
But nothings meant to last
And my Ma
She'd like to say hello
But shes a little scared
That I can't let it go
So let on, ease back, brother
And let it slip away
I'm tired of hanging onto
The pains of yesterday
Once again
The money is so thick
It makes your heart go numb
It makes your mind get sick
So come on by
Stay and talk about it
Drink some wine
I'm really glad you stopped in, brother of mine
We'll sit around talking
Drink some wine
And maybe by the morning everything is fine
Everything is fine
Ease back, brother
Let this clear your mind
Come on by
And drink yourself a good time
Have some wine
And think about each other
Sister and I are fine
Yes, I've been alright now
Take it lightly
Step on out the front door
I'll see you in some time
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The darkness has always been
The world was born into a blanket of sin
When all the faith's been gone
Still we've found a reason to carry on
Through the worry, worry, worry
Caught in an endless maze
When the lights go out all that I can think about
Is how we've seen
Better days
Lover, lately I've been thinking I might leave you
As you're surrounded by these fools who do deceive you
Yes, our past is wretched, true
But I'm still in love with you
And that's why I am still refusing to give into
All this worry, worry, worry
Caught in an endless maze
When the lights go out all that I can think about
Is how we've seen
Better days
Where do we go from here
Now we're all so consumed by fear
I'm trying not to be suspicious to those I'm suspicious of
I'm trying to crack open this angry heart
And find a little love
Instead of worry, worry, worry
Caught in an endless maze
When the lights go out
All that I can think about
Is how we've seen better days
When the lights go out all that I can dream about
Is how we'll see
Better days
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