Something To Believe In-Clannad

[00:23.20]Well I see him on the TV [00:27.16]Preaching about the promised land [00:30.60]he tells me believe in Jesus [00:34.00]steals the money from my hands [00:37.86]some say he was a good man [00:41.46]Lord I think he sinned.... yeah [00:46.21] [00:50.51]Twenty two years of mental tears [00:53.67]cries a suicidal Vietnam vet [00:57.36]Who fought a losing war [00:58.80]on a foreign shore [01:00.70]to find his country didn’t want him back [01:04.45]their bullet took his best friend in Saigon [01:07.89]our lawyers took his wife n kids no regrets [01:11.73]In a time I don’t remember [01:15.19]in a war he cant forget [01:18.55]he cried “forgive me for what I done there [01:22.24]Cause I never meant the things I did” [01:27.31] [01:30.08]and give me something to believe in [01:34.66]if there’s a lord above [01:37.43]and give me something to believe in [01:41.83]oh, lord arise [01:44.02] [01:45.98]My best friend died a lonely man [01:49.24]in some Palm Springs hotel room [01:52.90]I got the call last Christmas Eve [01:56.11]and they told me the news [02:00.23]I tried all night not to break down n cry [02:03.44]as the tears rolled down my face [02:07.40]I felt so cold n empty [02:10.62]like a lost soul out of place [02:14.25]and a Mirror mirror on the wall [02:17.84]sees my smile it fades again [02:23.55] [02:25.79]and give me something to believe in( I give me something to believe in) [02:30.55]if there’s lord above [02:32.88]and give me something to believe in ( I give me something to believe in) [02:37.41]Oh, lord arise [02:39.14] [02:41.05]Sometimes I wish to God I didn’t know now [02:45.03]things I did know then, [02:50.66]Road you gotta take me home [02:52.74] [02:54.06]solo [03:33.86]I drive by the homeless [03:36.14]sleepin’ on a cold dark street [03:38.66]like bodies in a open grave [03:42.32]underneath the broken old neon sign [03:45.87]used to read “Jesus saves” [03:49.43]A mile away way live the rich folk [03:52.81]and I see how they’re livin’ it up [03:56.37]but while the poor they eat from hand to mouth [04:00.05]the rich are drinkin’ from a golden cup [04:03.52]and it just makes me wonder [04:06.35]how so many lose and so few win [04:14.16] [04:14.89]Ha give me something to believe in [04:22.20]give me something to believe in [04:27.14]I said the lord above [04:29.42]give me something to believe in [04:33.39]oh lord arise [04:36.60]give me something to believe in [04:38.70]you take the high road [04:43.77]give me something to believe in [04:48.11]and I’ll take the low road [04:50.83]give me something to believe in [04:53.37]you take the high road [04:58.96]there’s some times I wish I didn’t know now [05:03.00]things I did know then [05:05.99] [05:16.34]and give me something to believe in