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( Daniel Johnson Cover )
Hope it be my mind won’t slip
Sailing on a sinking ship
Into the sunset and back
Dark night on a long highway
Little lights in the houses say
There's somebody’s staying up late
Oh I’ll be true to you
Oh yeah, you know I will
And I’ll be true to you forever or until
I go home
God it’s great to be alive
Takes the skin right off my hide
To think I’ll have to give it all up someday
And if I ever treated you mean
You know that it was only because
I'm sorry I couldn’t have you for my own
Oh I’ll be true to you
Oh yeah, you know I will
And I’ll be true to you forever or until
I go home
I go home
I, I, I, I... I go home
I, I, I, I... I go home
I, I, I, I... I go home
God it’s great to be alive
Takes the skin right off my hide
To think I’ll have to give it all up someday
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I hope my little brother puts a call in today
I hope he don't forget where he came from
I hope he never has to deal with wronging someone
'Cause I lived with many ghosts when I was younger
And I will live with many ghosts until I go
I hope he's right in the head
I hope he's right in the head
I hope he's right in the head
Even if he has to wrong someone
I hope he's right in the head
I hope he's right in the head
I hope he's right in the head
Even if he has to wrong someone
And I hope his guardian angel puts a gun in his hand
If ever they get ambushed or pursued
I hope she sticks around when he does dirty in this dirty, dirty duel he has brewed
And though the names will get changed to protect the innocent
He said, "I hope the names will get changed to protect me."
I hope he's right in the head
I hope he's right in the head
I hope he's right in the head
Even if he has to wrong someone
I hope he's right in the head
I hope he's right in the head
I hope he's right in the head
Even if he has to wrong someone
'Cause I lived with many ghosts when I was younger
And I will live with many ghosts until I go
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Don't they love you in mysterious ways
You say yeah but this is now and that was then
Put a dollar into the machine and you'll remember when
I know when everything feels wrong
I've got some hard, hard proof in this song
I'll know when everything feels right
Some lucky night
Some lucky night
Say the money just ain't what it used to be
Man how we used to tear apart this town
Put a dollar into the machine and you'll remember how
I know when everything feels wrong
I've got some hard, hard proof in this song
I'll know when everything feels right
Some lucky night
Some lucky night
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Well he stormed with his feet
And he clapped with his hands
He summoned all of his joy when he laughed
It suffered all of his joy when he cried
And sometimes when he got into talking
Man he could rattle all day long
He was a good man and now he's gone
Well in war he was a tiger
When it was over like a dove
He summoned all of his strength in the climb
It suffered all of his strength in the fall
And sometimes when he got into fighting
Man he could fight with you all day long
He was a good man and now he's gone
He put his trust in a higher power
He held his power like a holy grail
He summoned all of his faith in the lifting
It suffered all of his faith in the fail
His heart was stronger than a heavy metal bullet
And that's why I dedicate this song
He was a good man and now he's gone
His heart was stronger than a heavy metal bullet
And that's why I dedicate this song
He was a good man and now he's gone
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I sailed a wild, wild sea
Climbed up a tall, tall mountain
I met a old, old man
Beneath a weeping willow tree
He said now if you got some questions
Go and lay them at my feet
But my time here is brief
So you'll have to pick just three
And I said
What do you do with the pieces of a broken heart
And how can a man like me remain in the light
And if life is really as short as they say
Then why is the night so long
And then the sun went down
And he sang for me this song
See I once was a young fool like you
Afraid to do the things
That I knew I had to do
So I played an escapade just like you
I played an escapade just like you
I sailed a wild, wild sea
Climbed up a tall, tall mountain
I met an old, old man
He sat beneath a sapling tree
He said now if you got some questions
Go and lay them at my feet
But my time here is brief
So you'll have to pick just three
And I said
What do you do with the pieces of a broken heart
And how can a man like me remain in the light
And if life is really as short as they say
Then why is the night so long
And then the sun went down
And he played for me this song
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Everything I’ve learned I have forgotten
Everything I’ve forgotten looks just like new
I pulled the ends out for the tie that binds
To keep my promise with you
With my eyes on the prize
And my mind on you
I put my pride on the line
My whole life too
Now anything you ask me for is yours
Now say the word and I’ll lay it at your feet
I'll meet the pavements down the line somehow
If you keep your promise with me
With my eyes on the prize
And my mind on you
I put my pride on the line
And my whole life too
You say, take your axe and fashion me a kind of swing
Walkin' blues have played a number on my feet
I'll dance whatever dance you need to dance
'Cause you keep you promise with me
You'll keep your promise with me
You'll keep your promise
You'll keep your promise
You'll keep your promise with me
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People come, people go
Sometimes without goodbye
Sometimes without hello
She's got one magic trick
Just one and that's it
Oh she disappears
It's like, now you see her, now you don't
You think you're gonna get to know her now, well you won't
She's got one magic trick
Just one and that's it
Oh she disappears
It's like, easy come, easy go
Sometimes without goodbye
Sometimes without hello
She's got one magic trick
Just one and that's it
Oh she disappears
Oh and that's it
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You're like a rollercoaster
You got heavy metal wings
You could make a dead man scream
You're like a rollercoaster
Rollercoaster, we was the best of times
Rollercoaster, we was the worst of times too
Because you lift me up so high high high
It's the most unbelievable ride
You're like a rollercoaster
You give me heavy metal dreams
You can make a dead man scream
You're like a rollercoaster
Rollercoaster, can't find my friends on the ground
Just lift me up and send me spiralling down
Because you lift me up so high high high
It's the most unbelievable ride
You're like a rollercoaster
Heavy metal wings
Make a dead man scream
Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster
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A mighty voice
From out the clouds
To me a announce
Today's undertaking
He said go build a song
40 heartbeats long
And sacrifice it
For your love
So this one comes from
High above
There have been other songs
From out these strings
But they came out wrong
Don't be mistaken
But this one comes from
High above
Yeah this one is dedicated to you
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Oh and after the lighter day
I will
Come to you
After needing you
So long
Yes after the lighter day
I will
Come to you
After needing you
So long
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