Thoughts and Prayers

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How can the grim reaper creep
 If he really doesn't have the time?
 And how long would you sleep
 If the sun decided not to shine?
 There's a man who lives up the block
 He doesn't even own a clock
 Sometimes he stays awake for days
 He's doing it his own way
 ♪
 I used to give my friends a call
 Now there's no one left at all
 I think my father used to say
 "There's got to be a different way to make myself feel okay"
 Or maybe that's just how he used to pray
 ♪
 And who cares how people live
 If living's all they got?
 And who knows how money grows?
 Drop a nickel in a pot
 ♪
 I wrote a letter down to you
 Like I'm Sullivan Ballou
 It's a recipe for blue
 Like it's 1862
 ♪
 Maybe I'm just a cast away
 Or a poor boy led astray
 There's no one left here to betray
 The only child of the earth
 Nobody left here to give birth
 It's hard to tell what that's worth
 ♪
 I used to look up at the sky
 Up at the beautiful blue sky
 But now the earth has turned to gray
 There's got to be a better way
 To talk God and hear her say
 "There are reasons why it is this way"
 
 How can the grim reaper creep
 If he really doesn't have the time?
 And how long would you sleep
 If the sun decided not to shine?
 There's a man who lives up the block
 He doesn't even own a clock
 Sometimes he stays awake for days
 He's doing it his own way
 ♪
 I used to give my friends a call
 Now there's no one left at all
 I think my father used to say
 "There's got to be a different way to make myself feel okay"
 Or maybe that's just how he used to pray
 ♪
 And who cares how people live
 If living's all they got?
 And who knows how money grows?
 Drop a nickel in a pot
 ♪
 I wrote a letter down to you
 Like I'm Sullivan Ballou
 It's a recipe for blue
 Like it's 1862
 ♪
 Maybe I'm just a cast away
 Or a poor boy led astray
 There's no one left here to betray
 The only child of the earth
 Nobody left here to give birth
 It's hard to tell what that's worth
 ♪
 I used to look up at the sky
 Up at the beautiful blue sky
 But now the earth has turned to gray
 There's got to be a better way
 To talk God and hear her say
 "There are reasons why it is this way"
 

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Duration
04:42
Key
7
Tempo
150 BPM

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