"A new age is dawning
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On fewer than expected
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Business as Usual"
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That's how the headline read
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Some shaky modern saviors
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Have now been resurrected
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In all this excitement
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You may have been misled
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People want a miracle
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They say "Oh Lord, can't you see us?
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We're tryin' to make a livin' down here
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And keep the children fed"
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But, from little dark motel rooms
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To "Six Flags over Jesus"
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"How are the mighty fallen"
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So the Bible said
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You don't have to pray to a little tin god
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Step out of the way for a little tin god
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You might fear the reaper, fear the rod
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But you never have to get down on your knees
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You don't have to holler, "please, please"
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No, you never have to get down on your knees
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For a little tin god
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The cowboy's name was "Jingo"
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And he heard that there was trouble
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So in a blaze of glory
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He rode out of the west
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No one was ever certain
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What it was that he was sayin'
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But they loved it when he told them
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They were better than the rest
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But you don't have to pray to a little tin god
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Step out of the way for a little tin god
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You might hate the system, hate the job
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But you never have to get down on your knees
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You don't have to holler, "please, please"
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No, you never have to get down on your knees
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For a little tin god
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Throw down a rope from heaven
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And lead the flock to water
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The man in the middle would have you think
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That you have no other choice
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But to wander in the wilderness
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Of all the upturned faces
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If you stop and listen long enough
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You will hear your own small voice
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But you don't have to pray to a little tin god
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Step out of the way for a little tin god
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You might fear the reaper, fear the rod
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But you never have to get down on your knees
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You don't have to holler, "please, please"
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No, you never have to get down on your knees
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Never have to holler, "please, please"
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You never have to get down on your knees
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You never have to holler, "please, please"
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You never have to get down on your knees
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For a little tin god
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Little Tin God
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| Don Henley |
