Bang A Drum

[00:23.31] I went to see the preacher
[00:25.21] To teach me how to pray
[00:27.45] He looked at me and smiled
[00:29.87] Then that preacher turned away
[00:32.43] He said, "If you want to tell him somethin'
[00:34.62] You ain't gotta fold your hands
[00:37.64] Say it with your heart
[00:39.21] Your soul and believe it" and I'd say, "Amen"
[00:42.78] Bang a drum for the sinners
[00:45.72] Bang a drum for the sins
[00:48.24] Bang a drum for the losers
[00:51.04] And those who win
[00:53.48] Bang a drum, bang it loudly
[00:56.56] Or as soft as you need
[00:58.90] Bang a drum for yourself son
[01:01.74] And a drum for me
[01:04.29] Ooh let me here you say
[01:10.28] Yeah halleluiah, Amen
[01:20.59] I called upon my brother
[01:22.48] Just the other day
[01:25.01] He said, "John I'm gonna
[01:26.74] Die if I don't start to live again"
[01:30.07] I work each day and night like clockwork
[01:33.37] Just tryin' to make ends meet
[01:35.77] I could kick this bad world's ass
[01:38.81] If I could just get on my feet
[01:40.65] I'd bang a drum for the dyin'
[01:43.83] Bang a drum for the truth
[01:46.57] Bang a drum for the innocence
[01:49.32] Lost in our youth
[01:51.85] Bang a drum, bang it loudly
[01:54.79] Or as soft as you need
[01:56.93] Bang a drum for you brother
[02:00.19] And a drum for me
[02:03.25] I don't know where all the rivers run
[02:08.07] I don't know, how far
[02:10.11] I don't know, how come
[02:12.98] Well I'm gonna die believin'
[02:16.38] Each step that I take
[02:18.69] Ain't worth the ground
[02:20.32] That I walk on
[02:21.71] If we don't walk it our own way
[02:45.53] No I don't claim to be a wise man
[02:52.70] A poet or a saint
[02:55.16] I'm just another man who's searchin'
[02:58.42] For a better way
[03:00.63] But my heart beats loud as thunder
[03:03.65] For the things that I believe
[03:06.00] Sometimes I wanna run for cover
[03:08.61] Sometimes I want to scream
[03:11.15] Bang a drum for tomorrow
[03:14.10] Bang a drum for the past
[03:16.84] Bang a drum for the heroes
[03:20.02] That won't come back
[03:22.28] Bang a drum for the promise
[03:24.81] Bang a drum for the lies
[03:27.54] Bang a drum for the lovers
[03:30.63] And the tears they've cried
[03:33.14] Bang a drum' bang it loudly
[03:35.41] Or as soft as you need
[03:38.25] As long as my heart keeps on bangin'
[03:41.59] I got a reason to believe
[03:56.80] Let me here you say
[03:59.09] Yeah, yeah, oh yeah
[04:02.99] Let me here you say
[04:05.15] Yeah halleluiah, Amen
[04:07.74] C'mon now, yeah
[04:10.60] Oh yeah
[04:11.74] Let me here you say
[04:14.81] Yeah halleluiah, Amen
[04:18.79] Alright girls, brothers
[04:20.96] Yeah
[04:21.83] Let me here you say
[04:28.82] Yeah halleluiah, Amen
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