Bang A Drum

[00:22.01] I went to see the preacher to teach me how to pray
[00:27.06] He looked at me and smiled
[00:30.56] Then that preacher turned away
[00:33.05] He said if you want to tell him something
[00:35.11] You ain't gotta fold your hands
[00:37.87] Say it with your heart, your soul and believe it
[00:40.93] And I'd say amen
[00:42.99] Bang a drum for the sinners
[00:46.03] Bang a drum for the sins
[00:48.52] Bang a drum for the losers
[00:51.37] And those who win
[00:53.69] Bang a drum, bang it loudly
[00:56.90] Or as soft as you need
[00:59.11] Bang a drum for yourself son
[01:02.42] And a drum for me
[01:10.22] Ooh, let me hear you say yeah (yeah), hallelujah, amen
[01:15.00] I called upon my brother just the other day
[01:24.39] He said: John I'm gonna die if I don't start to live again
[01:30.16] I work each day and night like clockwork
[01:33.66] Just trying to make ends meet
[01:35.94] I could kick this bad world's as
[01:38.91] If I could just get on my feet
[01:41.27] I'd bang a drum for the dying
[01:43.91] Bang a drum for the truth
[01:46.42] Bang a drum for the innocence lost in our youth
[01:51.84] Bang a drum, bang it loudly
[01:54.54] Or as soft as you need
[01:57.11] Bang a drum for you brother
[02:00.35] And a drum for me
[02:04.38] I don't know where all the rivers run
[02:07.53] I don't know how far, I don't know how come
[02:13.66] Well I'm gonna die believin' each step that I take
[02:18.45] Ain't worth the ground that I walk on
[02:22.19] If we don't walk it our way
[02:51.52] (Ooh...)
[02:52.46] No I don't claim to be a wiseman, a poet or a saint
[02:55.27] I'm just another man who's searching for a better way
[02:59.95] But my heart beats loud as thunder
[03:03.26] For the things that I believe
[03:05.70] Sometimes I wanna run for cover
[03:08.57] Sometimes I want to scream
[03:11.13] Bang a drum for tomorrow
[03:13.90] Bang a drum for the past
[03:16.47] Bang a drum for the heroes that won't come back
[03:21.45] Bang a drum for the promise
[03:24.72] Bang a drum for the lies
[03:27.30] Bang a drum for the lovers and the tears they've cried
[03:32.55] Bang a drum, bang it loudly
[03:35.81] Or as soft as you need
[03:38.17] But as long as my heart keeps on bangin'
[03:41.21] I got a reason to believe (I got a reason to believe)
[03:46.26] (Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, yeah, hallelujah, amen)
[03:57.68] Let me hear you say yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) oh yeah
[04:02.09] Let me hear you say yeah (yeah) hallelujah, amen
[04:08.17] Come on now (yeah) yeah (yeah) oh yeah
[04:12.90] Let me hear you say yeah (yeah) hallelujah, amen
[04:18.73] All right girls (yeah) brother (yeah) yeah (yeah) oh yeah
[04:23.91] Let me hear you say yeah (yeah) hallelujah, amen
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