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Compromise
04:26
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Something keeps me up at night
when it's dark outside
nobody seems to care if i am here or there
or if I'm free
Now it's been said to me
"don't let it be,
if you're a man you have to stand or crawl,
which will it be?"
They feed me words like "destiny,"
"inherently, what you were made to be"
and I can't tell just what is right or wrong
or if I agree
She dreams about the man I'll never be
should I make believe?
somebody out there's crying for the man I was
so should I grieve?
There're people marching in the street
yet here I make believe
somebody's out there dying for the ones I love
should I grieve?
Count the numbers when we close our eyes
Call it "Compromise"
tell us stories about the way things should've been
then let them be
Something keeps me up at night
when it's dark outside
nobody seems to care if I am here or there
or if I'm free
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When I Overcame
04:08
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Yesterday, you called me by his name
and when I overcame
you did the same again
And what would not be was my destiny, ya see?
Well should I walk away?
or maybe I should stay
or should I walk away?
I could never stay away
And what would not be was my destiny, ya see?
Everything will be as it's supposed to be, ya see?
Everything will be as it's supposed to be, ya see?
Hand in hand, wet footprints in the sand
We're walking hand in hand
and our thoughts betray us
Whose face do you see when you look at me?
Gentle dove, you're who I'm thinking of
you are the one Iove
soaring high above us
And the world you see is our destiny, ya see?
Everything will be as it's supposed to be, ya see?
Everything will be as it's supposed to be, ya see?
Restless dreams, we're bursting at the seams
what everybody means
when they say "I'm free"
And the world we see is our destiny, ya see?
Happy day, we're singing songs of praise
because we overcame
we overcame ourselves
And the world we see is our destiny, ya see?
Everything will be as it's supposed to be, ya see?
Everything will be as it's supposed to be, ya see?
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You ate for lunch what you had for dinner
didn't taste the same you thought it was a joke
6309 thought you were the winner
turns out they took you for another bloke
It don't happen when it do what it does, you tryin
nothing's been the same since '64
It don't happen when it do what it does, you tryin
don't let it hit you when you're out the door
I ain't never seen a poor man lose a dollar
never seen a twenty-five not made of coal
well you can ask for more time, you can hoot the holler
but no riches in this world gon' save your soul
It don't happen when it do what it does. you tryin
showed up with less that you thought was more
It don't happen when it do what it does, you tryin
you asked for a dame, but you got a whore
It don't happen when it do what it does, you tryin
don't trust your faith to old tales of lore
It don't happen when it do what it does, you tryin
Well some things in life, they ain't worth the chore
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4. |
Honest, Boy
03:57
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Well they'll cut you while you're bleeding
and make you tow the line
say "yours aint right until it looks like mine"
say "man, you're doing wrong,"
when I know I'm doing right
blood in my cup they'll have you call it wine
Don't think they're honest, boy
Now if you ask me how I'm doing
I'll say "I'm doing fine."
Somebody come and make me change my mind
Some people like the peace, some people like the fight
but everybody know aint truth in a lie
Don't think they're honest, boy
Don't think they're honest, honest boy
Well they'll wake you from your dreaming
and get you from behind
put you in your place and make you do their time
some people like the truth, some people like the lie
keep watching yours then boy and I'll watch mine
Don't think they're honest, boy
Don't think they're honest, honest boy
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Tell A Lie
05:35
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Take my word
you can take my word
take my word that I
would tell a lie
To make you smile
to make it worth your while
don't you know, I try
to keep you satisfied
I would tell a lie
to keep you by my side
I'd make up something new
Take my word
you can take my word
don't you know I try
to keep you satisfied
I would tell a lie
to keep you by my side
I'd make up something new
for you, I would take the fall
keep moving while I crawl
then make me tell the truth
Don't you know I try
to keep you satisfied
I would tell a lie
to keep you by my side
I'd make up something new
for you, I would take the fall
keep moving while I crawl
then make me tell the truth
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Sticks & Stones
03:19
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Sunrise been good to me
I believe in the world I see 'cause
someway, I've seen the brighter day
Somebody once said to me
If you believe in the world you see you'll
find a way to make it be a brighter day
Sticks and stones
taught me how to heal my bones
and I won't be scared
They teach me how to heal my bones
those sticks and stones
No pain ever set me free
No hurt ever made me believe but
someway, I've seen the brighter day
Nobody ever said to me
"Live long and you'll learn to grieve", but
Someway, I've seen the brighter day
Sticks and Stones
taught me how to heal my bones
and I won't be scared
They teach me how to heal my bones
those sticks and stones
Sticks & Stones
taught me how to heal my bones
taught me how to heal my bones
those sticks and stones
Sticks & Stones
taught me how to heal my bones
Sticks & Stones
taught me how to heal my bones
those sticks and stones
Sticks & Stones
taught me how to heal my bones
and I won't be scared
they teach me how to heal my bones
those sticks and stones
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Pastor Duncan once told me
"the good Lord's gonna test your faith
so don't sleep on the good days"
When I was only eighteen
I thought the tide was gonna carry me away
somebody must've prayed for me
Twenty-one, I was lonely
felt that I'd never find my place
times were hard back in '16
Now I'm thinking on the good days
sweet return for a debt I didn't pay
somebody must've prayed for me
Somebody must've prayed for me
Somebody must've prayed for me
Somebody prayed, and if I had to guess, I'd say
Every day, every day, somebody prayed
Hard times to remind me
no trouble ever lasts always
free yourself from the enemy
my father once told me
"good love should never lead you astray
somebody must've prayed for me
Somebody must've prayed for me
Somebody must've prayed for me
Somebody prayed, and if I had to guess, I'd say
Every day, every day, somebody prayed
Might've been my mother
Might've been my father
Might've been my friends, and if I did it all again
I would pray, I would pray, every day
Somebody must've prayed for me
Somebody must've prayed for me
Somebody prayed, and if I had to guess, I'd say
Every day, every day, somebody prayed
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"Will you tell me about the way it is for you?"
these are words I do not recognize
the way you left me high and dry
don't fool yourself thinking something's good for you
if it hurts me too
It ain't good for you, if it hurts me too
All the crying all the lying
I just can't seem to understand
we're staking claims on borrowed land
don't fool yourself, cause baby I've got news for you
that shit aint good for you
It ain't good for you, if it hurts me too
It ain't good for you, if it hurts me too
if it hurts them too
then it hurts us too
I know it's hard
I know it's hard to change
we ain't gotta be the same
but we've gotta change
and it's good for me
if it's good for you
but if it's hurting me
then it's hurting you
It ain't good for you, if it hurts me too
said It ain't good for you, if it hurts me too
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Memory
04:23
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Do you remember
what you said to me
you said no matter
what may come to be
"you are my brother
you are mine to keep
I am your sister
I will always be"
Who am I to say?
Early morning
you were still asleep
off the sidewalk
through the empty street
Thoughts for breakfast
what it means to be
filled with gladness
when you were there for me
Who am I to say?
Wars of silence
no one can defeat
years to find out
who's the enemy
I want to tell you
in whom I still believe
I've lost forgiveness
but keep the memory
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Original music project of singer-songwriter/guitarist Joel Whitney Worford.
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