Bang a Drum

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I went to see the preacher to teach me how to pray
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He looked at me and smiled then that preacher turned away
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He said if you want to tell him something, you ain't gotta fold your 
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hands
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Say it with your heart your soul and believe it, and I'll say amen"


[Chorus]

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Bang a drum for the sinners, bang a drum for the sins
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Bang a drum for the losers and those who win
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Bang a drum, bang it loudly or as soft as you need
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Bang a drum for yourself son and a drum for me


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Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh oh oh let me hear you say: "yeah, (yeah) Hallelujah 
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amen"


[Verse]

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I called upon my brother just the other day,
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He said: "Jon, I'm gonna die if I don't start to live again
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I work each day and night like clockwork just tryin' to make ends meet
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I could kick this bad world's ass if I could just get on my feet"

[Chorus]

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I'd Bang a drum for the crying, Bang a drum for the truth
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Bang a drum for the innocence lost in our youth
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Bang a drum bang it loudly or as soft as you need
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Bang a drum for you brother and a drum for me


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I don't know where all the rivers run
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I don't know how far, I don't know how come
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But I'm gonna die believin' each step that I take
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Ain't worth the ground that I walk, if we don't walk it our own way
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[Verse]

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No I don't claim to be a wise man a poet or a saint
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I'm just another man who's searchin' for a better way
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But my heart beats loud as thunder for the things that I believe
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Sometimes I wanna run for cover, sometimes I want to scream


[Chorus]

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Bang a drum for tomorrow, bang a drum for the past
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Bang a drum for the heroes that won't come back
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Bang a drum for the promise, bang a drum for the lies
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Bang a drum for the lovers and the tears they've cried

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Bang a drum, bang it loudly or as soft as you need
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But as long as my heart keeps on bangin' I got a reason…
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to believe! Yeah! Yeah, oh yeah!
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oh let me hear you say: Yeah, (yeah) Hallelujah amen
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Yeah yeah oh yeah
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Oh let me hear you say: Yeah,(yeah) Hallelujah amen

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