(Ian Hunter)
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(Transcribed by Justin Purington; minor corrections by Colin Ford)
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Well I lay underneath an ageless sky
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I watched the universe breathing
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There's more going on up there than meets the eye
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Give me something to believe in
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Which way's in and which way's out
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Every step is misleading
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Well which way is up which way is down
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You gotta have something to believe in
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Oh, let me dream, let me dream
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I spend my whole life dreaming
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I've been lucky but I'm still mean
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You gotta have something to believe in
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I didn't mean to hurt the people I hurt
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I was full of fear and loathing
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I wasn't up to much, but I was all I had to go on
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Couldn't find nothing to believe in
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I don't like all them man-made religions
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They all need a little spiritual healing
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They don't cut across race, they don't cut across culture
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But we all need something to believe in
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So you believe what you want to believe
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Just stay true to your feelings
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'Cause one man's god's just as good as another now
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Gotta have something to believe in
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Well I lay underneath a royal throne
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The gaudy paint was peeling
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Half an inch deep and twice as cheap
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Oh give me something to believe in
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Fat Fred always packing lead
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On the corner dealing
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Makes more in a night than I can make in forty days
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Give me something to believe in
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Now people worship what they see
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Looks can be deceiving
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Violence rages in abandoned hearts
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'Cause they ain't got nothing to believe in
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The chill chill is a bitter pill
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When it comes to leaving
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'Cause there ain't no easy way outta here
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When you ain't got nothing to believe in
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Just woke up in Sarajevo city
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I watched all those mothers screaming
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Kids getting shot and for what, and for what?
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Give me something to believe in
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Now there's fire outside, mud that slides
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Earthquakes shake the region
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Willy and the Poorboys lost in America
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They ain't got nothing to believe in
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For every seed of knowledge found
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For every grain of reason
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For every shred of decency
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There's something to believe in
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Now I lay me down to rest
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In the silence of the evening
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And the moon road shines from here to eternity
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I've got something to believe in
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You believe what you want to believe
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Just stay true to your feelings
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'Cause one man's god's just as good as another
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I've got something to believe in.
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Something To Believe In
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| Ian Hunter |
