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AMERIICAN REQUIEM
Nothin' really endsFor things to stay the samethey have to change againHello, my old friendYou change your namebut not the ways you play pretendAmerican RequiemThem big ideas (Yeah), are buried here (Yeah)AmenIt's a lot of talkin' goin' onWhile I sing my songCan you hear me?I said, "Do you hear me?"Looka there, looka there nowLooka there, looka thereLooka-looka, looka there, looka thereLooka-looka, looka there, looka thereLooka-looka, looka there, looka there (Oh, yeah)Looka-looka, looka there, looka thereIt's a lotta chatter in hereBut let me make myself clear (Oh)Can you hear me? (Huh)Or do you fear me? (Ow)Can we stand for something?Now is the time to face the wind (Ow)Coming in peace and love, y'allOh, a lot of takin' up spaceSalty tears beyond my gazeCan you stand me?(Can you stand me?Can you stand me? Can you stand me?)Ooh, ahCan we stand?(Can you stand me? Can you stand me?Can you stand me?Can you stand me? Can you stand me?Can you stand me?)Can you stand with me?Can we stand for something?Now is the time to face the windNow ain't the time to pretendNow is the time to let love inThinkin' to myself (Thinkin' to myself)Oh, it's a lot of talkin' goin' on (Oh)While I sing my song (Yeah)Do you hear me when I say?Do you hear me when I say? AhLooka there, looka thereLooka, lookLooka-looka-looka-looka-lookaLooka-looka there, looka thereL-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-looka thereOh, looka there, looka thereLooka there, looka there(Can you stand me? Can you stand me? Can you stand me?)(Can you stand me? Can you stand me? Can you stand me?)Can we stand for something?Now is the time to face the wind(Now is the time to face the wind)Now ain't the time to pretendNow is the time to let love in(To let love in)Together, can we stand?Looka there, looka in my handThe grandbaby of a moonshine manGadsden, AlabamaGot folk down in Galveston, rooted in LouisianaUsed to say I spoke, "Too country"And the rejection cameSaid "I wasn't country 'nough"Said I wouldn't saddle up, butIf that ain't country, tell me what is?Plant my bare feet on solid ground for yearsThey don't, don't know how hard I had to fight for thisWhen I sang my song(When I sang the song of Abraham)(When the angels guide and take my hand)Goodbye to what has beenA pretty house that we never settled inA funeral for fair-weather friendsI am the one to cleanse me of my Father's sinsAmerican RequiemThem big ideas (Yeah) are buried here (Yeah)Amen
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