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There ain't no reason things are this way |
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It's how they've always been and they intend to stay |
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I can't explain why we live this way |
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We do it every day |
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Preachers on the podiums speaking of saints |
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Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change |
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Old ladies laughing from the fire escape |
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Cursing my name |
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I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same |
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A window and a pigeon with a broken wing |
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You could spend your whole life working for something |
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Just to have it taken away |
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People walk around pushing back their debts |
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Wearing paychecks like necklaces and bracelets |
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Talking about nothing, not thinking 'bout death |
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Every little heartbeat, every little breath |
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People walk a tight rope on a razors edge |
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Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons |
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It could be a bomb, or a bullet or a pen |
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Or thought, or a word or a sentence |
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There ain't no reason things are this way |
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It's how they've always been and they intend to stay |
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I don't know why I say the things I say |
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But I say them anyway |
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But love will come, set me free |
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Love will come, set me free, I do believe |
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Love will come, set me free, I know it will |
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Love will come, set me free, yes |
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Prison walls still standing tall |
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Some things never change at all |
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Keep on building prisons, gonna fill them all |
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Keep on building bombs, gonna drop them all |