Something To Believe In-Poison

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[al:Poison's Greatest Hits 1986-1996]
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[00:00.00]Something To Believe In - Poison
[00:23.04]Will I see him on the TV preachin'
[00:27.96]'Bout the promised land
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[00:30.72]He tells me to believe in Jesus
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[00:33.93]And steals the money from my hand
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[00:37.83]Some say he was a good man
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[00:41.51]But Lord I think he sinned yeah
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[00:50.69]Twenty two years of mental tears
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[00:53.76]Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
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[00:57.15]Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
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[01:00.91]To find his country didn't want him back
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[01:04.46]Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
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[01:08.37]Our lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets
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[01:11.66]In a time I don't remember in a war he can't forget
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[01:18.61]He cried Forgive me for what I've done there
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[01:22.31]Cause I never meant the things I did
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[01:30.45]And give me something to
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[01:34.99]Believe in if there's a Lord above
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[01:37.65]And give me something to
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[01:39.66]Believe in Oh Lord arise
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[01:46.06]My best friend died a lonely man
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[01:49.19]In some Palm Springs hotel room
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[01:53.11]I got the call last Christmas Eve
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[01:56.52]And they told me the news
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[02:00.25]I tried all night not to break down and cry
[02:03.59]As the tears rolled down my face
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[02:07.04]I felt so cold and empty
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[02:10.47]Like a lost soul out of place
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[02:14.40]And the mirror mirror on the wall
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[02:18.13]Sees my smile it fades again
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[02:26.00]I got the song to leave
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[02:30.92]I got the song to leave
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[02:41.03]Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
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[02:45.25]The things I didn't know then road
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[02:51.61]You gotta take me home
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[03:34.03]I drive by the homeless
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[03:36.68]Sleeping on a cold dark street
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[03:38.78]Like bodies in an open grave
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[03:42.56]Underneath the broken old neon sign
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[03:46.05]That used to read Jesus saves
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[03:49.61]A mile away live the rich folks
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[03:52.78]And I see how they're living it up
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[03:56.25]While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
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[04:00.30]The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup
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[04:03.88]And it just makes me wonder
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[04:06.53]Why so many lose so few win
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[04:14.81]And give me something to believe in
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[04:22.42]And give me something to believe in
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[04:27.61]And give me something to believe in
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[04:36.79]And give me something to believe in
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[04:44.39]And give me something to believe in
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[04:47.46]You take the high road and I'll take the low road
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[04:51.12]Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
[05:03.14]The things I didn't know then
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[05:14.36]And give me something to believe in