Tonart: D major•
Verse 1
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Does the bustle of big cities
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hold the keys to making men?
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Or are they made by tools and toil
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and honest daily man?
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I was told once only battle
could save me
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from my own worthlessness
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Oh, you ain't a man, he said,
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some death.
But I've seen daylight shine near twice
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as bright in the eyes of younger men.
And that brightness turned
to blackest coal
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when fixed to bitter ends.
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Only mothers see the darkening
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of heart and temperament.
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And in silence do they grieve
Verse 2
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as a child turns walking dead.
Verse 3
me that a man
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until he's dealt some death.
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Verse 4
This is how my faith
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came to be shattered
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in these troubled times
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While others drew theirs closer,
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sure a favor in God's eyes
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On a sick wind I've watched prayers ascend,
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bereft of holy light.
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Finding homes among the hopeless,
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filling hollow insides.
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Singing hallelujah, brothers,
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God is on our side.
So if your spirit is unwilling
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an d your flesh feels old and weak,
but you speak such words
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your voice doth shake the trees,
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well think about it, brother,
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who would teach you these things?
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Oh, an d what a God of love
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have you on your knees?
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What side are you on
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and in what do you believe?
So does the bustle of big cities
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hold the keys to making men?
Or are they made by tools and toil
Em
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and honest day demands?
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I was told once only battle
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D
could save me
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from my own worthlessness
D
Em
Yeah, my generation
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needed it some death
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Em
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You ain't a man, he said
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You ain't a man, he said
Em
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No, you ain't a man, he said,
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until you've dealt some death
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