Year: 1996 - Album: Flesh & Blood
Written by Bret Michaels, Kuykendall Robert Harry, Ream Richard A, de Ville C C
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Well I see him on the tv
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Preachin? ?bout the promised land
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He tells me to believe in jesus
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And steals the money from my hand
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Some say he was a good man
G#m Asus2
But lord I think he sinned, yeah
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Twenty-two years of mental tears
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Cries a suicidal vietnam vet
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Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
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To find his country didn?t want him back
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Their bullets took his best friend in saigon
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Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets
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In a time I don?t remember
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In a war he can?t forget
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He cried forgive me for what I?ve done there
G#m A
Cause I never meant the things I did
Chorus:
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And give me something to believe in
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If there?s a lord above
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And give me something to believe in
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Oh, lord arise
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My best friend died a lonely man
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In some palm springs hotel room
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I got the call last christmas eve
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And they told me the news
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I tried all night not to break down and cry
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As the tears rolled down my face
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I felt so cold and empty
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Like a lost soul out of place
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And the mirror, mirror on the wall
G#m A
Sees my smile it fades again
{Chorus}
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Sometimes I wish to God I didn?t know now
G#m A
The things I didn?t know then
Road you gotta take me home
{Solo}
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I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street
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Like bodies in an open grave
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Underneath the broken old neon sign
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That used to read jesus saves
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A mile away live the rich folks
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And I see how they?re living it up
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While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
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The rich is drinkin? from a golden cup
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And it just makes me wonder
F#m G#m A
Why so many lose, so few win
{Chorus}
You take the high road
And I?ll take the low road
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Yeah Sometimes I wish I didn?t know now
G#m A
The things I didn?t know then
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And give me something to believe in
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