Intro
A E B C#m
[Verse]
A E B C#m
I left Wichita on a cracked western road
A E B
For Missouri and all of her caverns
A E B C#m
To hide like an outlaw from what I have heard
A E B E
There are some things in life I don't want to learn
A E B C#m A
But I am not Lewis or Clark; I am only a man
E B
Who gets lost in his questions like
A E B C#m
"Why doesn't love heal when we need it most?"
A E B E
Will somebody give me the answer I need?
[Chorus]
C#m A B C#m
I'd sing hallelujah, if I could recall what it means
A B
And just who I am praising
C#m A B C#m
I don't think that I can express it in words
C#m A B E
So I let the melody do all my speaking
[Verse]
A E B C#m
Just when I think I am safe and secure
A E B
There's that haunting again in my conscience
A E B C#m
The ticking, the tapping of cold memory
A E B E
Like a steel radiator that's run out of steam
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We're pushin' and pullin', we hold ourselves down
A E B
It starts with the small things
A E B C#m A
So I will keep trying to become the man that you need
E B E
And remember you taught me to sing
[Chorus]
C#m A B C#m
And I'd sing hallelujah, if I could recall what it means
A B
And just who I am praising
C#m A B C#m
I don't think that I can express it in words
C#m A B E
So I let the melody do all my speaking
[Bridge]
E C#m
Take what you need
A E
Don't take any more
E C#m
Oh, take what you need
A E
Don't take any more
[Chorus]
C#m A B C#m
I'd sing hallelujah, if I could recall what it means
A B
And just who I am praising
C#m A B C#m
I don't think that I can express it in words
C#m A B E
So I let the melody do all my speaking