Hazel O`Connor - A. Karner
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How many roads had I gone, I got to
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Feeling like I can't go on and on
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Lord it seems, it gets so lonesome when
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You're following dreams
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And why was I on that road, where
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The angels fear, like a fool I chose
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To give a stranger a ride in the night,
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He said, "heh listen here darling, I'll
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Open your eyes"
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I've been up to the bottom, and down to the top
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Better not give up until you drop.
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There's a time to live, there's a time to die
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My friend Jack said, he'd tell me why.
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You see Jack was a guy back in Vietnam,
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He had a key to survival, to dream of a better time,
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And boy, joy is a thing of the past
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You gotta believe in the future or you won't last
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Oh I believe, I believe in love
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Oh I believe in the lord above
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Oh I believe in a better life for
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You and me and you
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Well, the next day he was gone, was he dead
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Or had he up and run,
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And talk with him all his hopes and his dreams
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Me I was left with my nightmares and screams
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I've been up to the bottom, and down to the top
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Better not give up until you drop.
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There's a time to live, there's a time to die
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My friend Jack said, he'd tell me why.
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Well I made it back from that bloody war,
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My future what had it all been for
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No heroes welcome and my woman had left.
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See my name is Jack in case you hadn't guess
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Oh I believe, I believe in love
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Oh I believe in the lord above
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Oh I believe in a better life for
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You and me and you
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So little lady when your feeling lost
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Remember old Jack, remember the cost
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So you got no shoes and you wail and weep
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But remember there's a guy who ain't got no feet
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My Friend Jack
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Hazel O'Connor |