Spirit Of '76

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 Spirit Of 76
 Well i find myself in reverie
 'bout what we might have had
 And what might have been
 We had something going once
 That was such a long, long time ago
 It was way back in '76
 Our friendship formed of pure innocence
 We first met in mathew street
 Where we heard something that would set us free
 A sign stands over a door, it says
 "four lads who shook the world"
 In the depths of those heady nights
 We would dream of those bright lights
 Oh my friend, oh my friend, oh my friend
 And my friend john, he went away
 He made some mistakes
 Spent time in walton jail
 And now when i see him we still talk
 But there's no light shining in his eyes
 And susie, she was seventeen
 And more beauty in this world
 I swear you'll never see
 I was gonna be king
 And she was gonna be queen
 But now all she does is hide behind the tears
 If there was more sense in this world
 And work wasn't so hard to find
 You would not be going your way
 I would not be going mine
 Oh my friend, oh my friend, oh my friend
 Somewhere tonight out on the street
 Somewhere beneath this city's heat
 In the eyes of strangers who pass me by
 Life is cruel and so unkind
 Oh, oh the spirit of '76
 And pete has seen his dreams come true
 But that don't make him no hero
 He's just one of the lucky few
 If a man can't change the world these days
 I still believe a man can change his own destiny
 But the price is high that has got to be paid
 For everyone who survives there are many who fail
 I've seen my friends caught out in that crossfire
 All their dreams and hopes smashed on the funeral pyre
 I will never give in until the day i die
 Get myself some independence
 Carve out a future with my two bare hands
 Oh my friend, oh my friend, oh my friend
 Somewhere tonight out on the street
 Somewhere beneath this city's heat
 In the eyes of strangers who pass me by
 Life is cruel and so unkind
 Oh, oh the spirit of '76
 Mersey lights shine in the distance
 Same as they did for us then
 Mersey lights shine bright in the distance
 Where are you now my friend?
 You see some nights when i can't sleep
 I still think of you
 And all the promises, all our dreams we shared
 I know those lights still call to you
 I can hear them now
 I can hear them now
 (still shining for us)
 (let em shine)
 (can you hear them)
 (can you hear them)
 (lights are still shining)
 Somewhere tonight out on the street
 Somewhere beneath this city's heat
 In the eyes of strangers who pass me by
 Life is cruel and so unkind
 Oh- oh
 Where's it gone
 The spirit of '76