Tonart: D major
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On the road to Basra stood young
Lieutenant Jimmy Bly
Detailed to go through the clothes
of the soldiers who died
At night in dreams he sees their souls rise
Verse 2
Like dark geese into the Oklahoma skies
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Well this is a prayer for the souls
of the departed
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Those who've gone and left
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their babies brokenhearted
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This is a prayer for the
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souls of the departed
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Now Raphael Rodriguez was
just seven years old
Shot down in a schoolyard by
some East Compton Cholos
His mamma cried "My
beautiful boy is dead"
In the hills the self- made men just
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sighed and shook their heads
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This is a prayer for the souls of
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the departed
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Those who've gone and left their
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Young lives over before they got started
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This is a prayer for the souls
of the departed
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Verse 5
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Tonight as I tuck my own son in bed
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All I can think of is what if it
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would've been him instead
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I want to build me a wall so high
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nothing can burn it down
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Right here on my own piece
of dirty ground
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Verse 6
Now I ply my trade in the
land of king dollar
Where you get paid and
your silence passes as honor
And all the hatred and dirty little lies
Outro 1
Been written off the books and into decent men's eyes
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