You Changed My Life - Studio Outtake - 1981

I was listening to the voices of death on parade
 Singing about conspiracy, wanted me to feel afraid
 Working for a system I couldn't understand or trust
 Suffered ridicule and wanting to give it all up in disgust
 But you changed my life
 Came along in a time of strife
 In hunger and need, you made my heart bleed
 You changed my life
 Talk about salvation, people suddenly get tired
 They got a million things to do, they're all so inspired
 You do the work of the devil, you got a million friends
 They'll be there when you got something, they'll take it all in the end
 But you changed my life
 Came along in a time of strife
 I was under the gun, now I'm back in the sun
 You changed my life
 Well, the nature of man is to beg and to steal
 I do it myself, that's not so unreal
 The call of the wild is forever at my door
 Want me to fly like an eagle while being chained to the floor
 But you changed my life
 You came along in a time of strife
 From silver and gold, from what man cannot hold
 And you changed my life
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 Yeah, I was eating with the pigs off a fancy tray
 I was told I was looking good and to have a nice day
 It all seemed so proper, it all seemed so elite
 Eating that absolute garbage while being so discreet
 But you changed my life
 Came along in a time of strife
 From silver and gold, from what man cannot hold
 You changed my life
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 You were glowing in the sun while being peaceably calm
 While orphans of man danced to the beat of the palm
 Your eyes were on fire, your feet were of brass
 In the world you had made it made you an outcast
 But you changed my life
 Came along in a time of strife
 From silver and gold, from what man cannot hold
 You changed my life
 There was someone in my body that I could hardly see
 Invading my privacy, making my decisions for me
 Holding me back, not letting me stand
 Making me feel like a stranger in a strange land
 But you, you changed my life
 Came along in a time of strife
 You came down the line, you made new mind
 You changed my life
 My Lord and my Savior, my companion, my friend
 Heart fixer, mind regulator, true to the end
 My creator, my comforter, my cause for joy
 What the world is set against but will never destroy
 But you, you changed my life
 Came along in a time of strife
 You came in like a wind, like Errol Flynn
 You changed my life