Something to Believe In

Accordi Something to Believe In

Intro:
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Well I see him on the TV
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Preaching 'bout the promised lands
   
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He tells me "believe in Jesus"
           
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Steals the money from my hands
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Some say he was a good man
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Lord I think he sinned, yeah 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 friends in Saigon
                     
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Our lawyers took his wife, his 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 done there
         
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'Cause I never meant the things I did"

                         
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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 an' 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
       
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See my smile it fades again

                           
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Uh, give me something to believe in 

(Uh, give me something to believe in)
             
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If there's a Lord above
                           
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Uh, give me something to believe in, yeah 

(Uh, give me something to believe in)
    
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Oh, Lord arise
            
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Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
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Things I didn't know then
 
Road you gotta take me home..

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I drive by the homeless sleepin' 

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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Used to read "Jesus saves"
  
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A mile away live the rich folk
      
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And I see how they're livin' it up
              
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But while the poor they eat from hand to mouth
             
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The rich are drinkin' from the golden cup
    
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And it just makes me wonder
            
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Why so many lose and so few win, ha

                       
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Give me something to believe in 
                            
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(uh, give me something to believe in)
                       
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Give me something to believe in 

(uh, give me something to believe in)
             
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If there's a Lord above
                       
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Give me something to believe in 

(take the high road, 

give me something to believe in)
    
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Oh, Lord arise
                       
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Give me something to believe in 

(take the high road, 

give me something to believe in)
    
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Oh, Lord arise
                           
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Oh, give me something to believe in 

(take the high road, 

give me something to believe in)
    
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Oh, Lord arise (take the low road)
                       
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Give me something to believe in 

(take the high road, 
   
give me something to believe in)
    
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Oh, Lord arise (take the low road)

          
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Yeah, sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
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Things I didn't know then, yeah

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...And give me something to believe in, yeah yeah