Words and music by John Kay and Michael Wilk
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It used to be when things weren't right
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I do my share and join the fight
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And would surely stand and speak my mind
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Then I got lost along the way
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I spent my time chasing my own tail
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But I am here to say: I'm back to stay
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For I've been searching for the man I used to be
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I found him waiting, alive and well
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And he was screaming back at me
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"Rise and Shine, show your color
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Now's the time, raise your hand
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Rise and Shine, join your brother
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Draw the line, take a stand"
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I told my friend my change of heart
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He wished me well with my new start
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But then he turned away and slowly said:
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"You know this world is such a mess
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I'm tired of trying to help, I guess"
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I said: "well, what you give is what you'll get
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Somewhere inside you, lives the fighter I once knew
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The battle's raging, it's never over
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It's calling me, it's calling you"
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"Rise and Shine, show your color
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Now's the time, raise your hand
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Rise and Shine, join your brother
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Draw the line, take a stand"
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¨Ï 1989 Black Leather Music, Inc. (BMI), Michael John Music (BMI)
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Rise and Shine
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| John Kay |
