Written by Russell Lissack/Kele Okereke
Intro: (0:00)
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Verse (0:05)
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Spent my commission on
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Another diversion and I
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Don't got no meaning
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No purpose left at all
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My pastor tells me that my
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My light is dimming and I
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Been too long drifting
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In an ocean
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It's OK
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You just need faith
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Been looking for answers
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In the wrong place
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But how do I tell him that the
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There's something missing and I
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Don't got no substance since you've gone
Pre-Chorus (0:44)
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Every day I go down to the water
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And I pray since you left me that way
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Oh Lord, I'm trying to keep my mind
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On the good news that's in my heart
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For the good, good news
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For the good, good news
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For the good, good news
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For the good, good news
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For the good, good news
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For the good, good news
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Since my baby left, my light refuses to shine
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Like a bird without a song or a sun that will not rise 
Verse (1:56)
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Now I can make the eye
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To anyone that I desire
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Throwing down one for the lost boys
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At the very edge of town
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Now I can spin a lie
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That burns me up all through the night
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Cause I've got no one home to answer to
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This time
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Every day is in repeat
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Like a carrier bag stuck in a tree
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I used to find my answers in the gospels of St John
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But now I find them at the bottom of this shot glass
Pre-Chorus (2:36)
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Every day I go down to the water
Em G
And I pray since you left me that way
C A
Oh Lord, I'm trying to keep my mind
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On the good news that's in my heart
E G A
For the good, good news
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For the good, good news
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For the good, good news
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For the good, good news
E G A
For the good, good news
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For the good, good news
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For the good, good news
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For the good, good news
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Since my baby left, my light refuses to shine
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Like a bird without a song or a sun that will not rise
Outro (3:39)
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