Written by Susan Cowsill & Vicki Peterson
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Main Voice: VICKI & SUSAN
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Produced by Continental Drifters & Mike Mayeux
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Released on 'Vermilion' (1999)
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There's a mean wind blowin' this way
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Everyone thinks it's okay
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The common law is lowest of all
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So why do we laugh when we watch someone else take a fall.
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It's the way of the world
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Say a prayer and it all comes true
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Cross your heart, hold your breath, touch the wall
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You might make it through
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Oh Lord, please let the landing gears come down
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It's a cry in the dark
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And you know you don't make a sound
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It's the way of the world.
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Like a good soldier marking my time
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I got my reward, it was mine
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Cut off my hair and burned down my home
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Sold my voice to the devil
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And all I got left was alone.
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It's the way of the world
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Say a prayer and it all comes true
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Cross your heart, hold your breath, touch the wall
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You might make it through
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Oh Lord, please let the landing gears come down
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It's a cry in the dark
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And you know you don't make a sound
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It's the way of the world
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It's the way of the world.
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What were you expecting
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What were you expecting
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What were you expecting
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What did you have planned.
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I know a woman, she's so very small
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Has nothing to say so she speaks for us all
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Looking for love and karmic relief
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An act of contrition heals everything
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That's her belief.
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It's the way of the world
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Say a prayer and it all comes true
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Cross your heart, hold your breath, touch the wall
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You might make it through
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Oh Lord, please let the landing gears come down
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It's a cry in the dark
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And you know you don't make a sound
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It's the way of the world
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It's the way of the world.
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What were you expecting
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(It's the way of the world I'll say a prayer for you)
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What were you expecting
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(It's the way of the world and it'll all come true)
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What were you expecting
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(It's the way of the world)
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It's not what you had planned.
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Way Of The World
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| Continental Drifters |
