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Lord
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Show me a sign
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That you’re still there
D
That you still care
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That you’re still with me
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That you still know me
D E
Before I resign
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Show me a sign
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I can’t laugh
F#m
I can’t weep
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Five nights in a row now
E
Not a second of sleep
D
Is there something
F#m
You want me to know
D E
Well I wish you’d tell me what
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Give me some kind of show
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How ‘bout a meteor
F#m
Or a shooting star
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Or even a drunk
E
Getting thrown out of the bar
D
I’m getting impatient
F#m
And hope is expensive
D
And I’m running low on
E A
Everything these days
A
The waters are rising
F#m
And the world is on fire
A
We’re all just gasoline
E
For the funeral pyre
D
In the palaces morons
F#m
In the hospitals ghouls
D E
Murderers in the towns
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Rats in the schools
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Armies of zombies
F#m
And the generals fishing
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And baby Jesus
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On a suicide mission
D
And little Mohammed
F#m
Lifeless and brown
D E
And drowning faceless scarecrows
A
Wearing the crown
A
Ten thousand whistlers
F#m
Off-track and off-tune
A
Sixteen drummers
E
Wearing some kind of rune
D
Some kind of amulet
F#m
Some pre-Christian cross
D E
And one man’s lucky roll
A
Is another man’s loss
A
Lord, you should have been there
F#m
Last Saturday night
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I broke a couple barstools
E
And I broke up a fight
D
I broke three fingers
F#m
They looked kind of Egyptian
D E
And the doctor wouldn’t see me
A
Without a prescription
A
If this is how
F#m
It’s all gonna go
A
I might as well pile up
E
Frequent flier miles and lay low
D
I might as well buy up
F#m
Some spiritual trinkets
D E
Line the walls with paint
A
And start to drink it
A
It’s hard to believe
F#m
It’s goin’ down so fast
A
When Einstein died
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He thought you built it to last
D
But they threw him in a hole
F#m
And they stole his brain
D
And three days later
E A
It washed up again in the rain
A
Lord, I’ll make you a bargain
F#m
I’ll cut you a deal
A
They can cut off my eyelids
E
And I won’t squeal
D
I won’t spill your secrets
F#m
My soul’s locked tight
D
Just please let me
E A
Get a little sleep tonight
A
Fifty thousand horses
F#m
Ten thousand sheep
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I’d trade ‘em all
E
For just a second of sleep
D
The kind with dreams though
F#m
You gotta have dreams
D E
I’ve heard about what happens
A
At the other extreme
A
Yeah without them dreams
F#m
You go insane
A
It’s like having mayonnaise
E
Shot into your brain
D
But maybe I’m the exception
F#m
Every dog has its day
D E
Maybe I’m a brand new species
A
What do you say
A F#m A E D F#m D E A
A
So look out the window
F#m
Might be something out there
A
Maybe something to read
E
Here’s a Vanity Fair
D
Winter is coming
F#m
That’s a relief
D E
And I’m willing to go on faith
A
But I’m past belief
A F#m A E D F#m D E A
(lyrics: Dan Bern)