Verse
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I walk the streets alone here, I go with head hung down
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The heavens laugh so hard at me that I cannot bear the sound
D A D A
A home to every lonely, an ear to every cry
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An eye to every suffering and lost to reasons why
D A
And of all the awful things I’ve heard
Bm F#m
The worst must be those terrible words
G A
If I don’t do it, that man will
G A A
Be it steal, rape or kill
verse 2
D A D A
I strive to be a good man, I know it serves me well
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'Though how and when this start was made, I truly cannot tell
D A D A
I’ve loved and I have been loved, I was not always true
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And at times I feel to stay alone, Is the honest thing to do
D A
Still in all I’ve best conceived
Bm F#m
That I did fall in fleshy need
G A
And taking water laced with sin
G A A
Seen what love is up against
Interlude
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verse 3
D A D A
My mind is full of worry, and wonder at itself
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I search all day for answers, and nothing ever helps
D A D A
I don’t believe the stories of high and holy ghosts
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And if anything should matter, then what should matter most?
D A
To the thought I will abide
Bm F#m
That hate is foolish, love is wise
G A
Words the old man softly spoke
G A A
Left the world to live in hope
outro
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