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