I went to see the preacher to teach me how to pray
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He looked at me and smiled
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Then that preacher turned away
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He said if you want to tell him something
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You ain't gotta fold your hands
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Say it with your heart, your soul and believe it
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And I'd say amen
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Bang a drum for the sinners
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Bang a drum for the sins
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Bang a drum for the losers
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And those who win
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Bang a drum, bang it loudly
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Or as soft as you need
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Bang a drum for yourself son
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And a drum for me
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Ooh, let me hear you say yeah (yeah), hallelujah, amen
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I called upon my brother just the other day
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He said: John I'm gonna die if I don't start to live again
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I work each day and night like clockwork
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Just trying to make ends meet
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I could kick this bad world's ass
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If I could just get on my feet
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I'd bang a drum for the dying
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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
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Or as soft as you need
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Bang a drum for you brother
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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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Well I'm gonna die believin' each step that I take
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Ain't worth the ground that I walk on
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If we don't walk it our way
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[Guitar solo] (ooh...)
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No I don't claim to be a wiseman, a poet or a saint
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I'm just another man who's searching for a better way
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But my heart beats loud as thunder
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For the things that I believe
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Sometimes I wanna run for cover
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Sometimes I want to scream
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Bang a drum for tomorrow
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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
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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
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Or as soft as you need
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But as long as my heart keeps on bangin'
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I got a reason to believe (I got a reason to believe)
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(Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, yeah, hallelujah, amen)
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Let me hear you say yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) oh yeah
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Let me hear you say yeah (yeah) hallelujah, amen
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Come on now (yeah) yeah (yeah) oh yeah
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Let me hear you say yeah (yeah) hallelujah, amen
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All right girls (yeah) brother (yeah) yeah (yeah) oh yeah
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Let me hear you say yeah (yeah) hallelujah, amen
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Bang A Drum
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Jon Bon Jovi |