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Bruce Springsteen : Letter To You
2020

  1. One Minute You're Here
  2. Letter To You
  3. Burnin' Train
  4. Janey Needs A Shooter
  5. Last Man Standing
  6. The Power Of Prayer
  7. House Of A Thousand Guitars
  8. Rainmaker
  9. If I Was The Priest
  10. Ghosts
  11. Song For Orphans
  12. I'll See You In My Dreams

One Minute You're Here

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Big black train coming down the track
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Blow your whistle long and long
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One minute you're here
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Next minute you're gone I lay my penny down on the rails As the summer wind sings its last song One minute you're here Next minute you're gone
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Baby, baby, baby, I'm so alone
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Baby, baby, baby, I'm coming home Autumn carnival on the edge of town We walk down the midway arm-in-arm One minute you're here Next minute you're gone I thought I knew just who I was And what I'd do but I was wrong One minute you're here Next minute you're gone
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Red river running along the edge of town
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On the muddy banks I lay my body down
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This body down Footsteps crackling on a gravel road Stars vanish in a sky as black as stone One minute you're here Next minute you're gone
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One minute you're here
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Next minute you're gone
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One minute you're here

Letter To You

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'Neath a crowd of mongrel trees I pulled that bothersome thread Got down on my knees grabbed my pin and bowed my head
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Tried to summon all that my heart finds true
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And send it in my letter to you Things I found out through hard times and good I wrote 'em all out in ink and blood Dug deep in my soul and signed my name true And send it in my letter to you
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In my letter to you I took all my fears and doubts
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In my letter to you all the hard things I found out
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In my letter to you all that I've found true
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And send it in my letter to you
Instrumental verse
I took all the sunshine and rain All my happiness and pain The dark evening stars and the morning sky of blue And send it in my letter to you And send it in my letter to you In my letter to you I took all my fears and doubts In my letter to you all the hard thins I found out In my letter to you all that I've found true
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And send it in my letter to you
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And send it in my letter to you
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Burnin' Train

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Zero's my number, time is my hunter
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I wanted you to heal me but instead you set me on fire
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We were out over the borders, I washed you in holy water
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We whispered our black prayers and rose up in flames
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Take me on your burnin' train
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Take me on your burnin' train White sun burnin', black wings beatin' I ran my fingers 'cross the hollow of your stomach as you lay breathing With our shared faith rising dark and decayed Take me and shake me from this mortal cage Take me on your burnin' train Take me on your burnin' train
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Something's shining in the light 'neath your breast
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The thick smell of you on my chest
Solo over verse and chorus chords
On your bed of thorns I brought you shining gifts Wiped the sweat from your brow and I touched your lips Sheets stained with sweat, outside the endless rain Darlin' I'm blessed in your blood and marked by Cain Take me on your burnin' train Take me on your burnin' train
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Take me on your burnin' train
Outro over verse and chorus chords

Janey Needs A Shooter

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Well, Janey's got a doctor who tears apart her insides
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He investigates her and silently baits her sighs
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He probes with his fingers but knows her heart only through his stethoscope
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His hands are cold and his body's so old
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Janey turns him down like dope
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Janey needs a shooter now
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A shooter like me on her side
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Janey needs a shooter now
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A shooter man who knows her style
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The way that I know her style Well, Janey's got a priest from his marble pulpit he smiles He provides consolation and he hears her confession at anytime In the pages of his Bible he holds from what Janey hides And with her doors open wide she begs, "come inside" But he's been frozen so long on the outside Janey needs a shooter now A shooter like me on her side Janey needs a shooter now A shooter man who knows her style The way that I know her style
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Well, Janey's got a cop who lives round the block and checks on her every night And her skin turned pale as the siren he'd wail outside when he knew I was inside Janey's small and sometimes he scared her So I held her real close, she was more saint than a ghost And told her I so long had been prepared for her Janey needs a shooter now A shooter like me on her side Janey needs a shooter now A shooter man who knows her style Janey needs a shooter now A shooter like me on her side Janey needs a shooter now A shooter man who knows her style
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Oh, the way that I know her style, a man who knows her style The way that I know her style, a man who knows her style The way that I know her style, a man who knows her style The way that I know her style, a man who knows her style The way that I know her style, a man who knows her style The way I know your style, a man who knows your style The way that I know your style
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Last Man Standing

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Faded pictures in an old scrapbook
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Faded pictures that somebody took
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When you were hard and young and proud
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Back against the wall running raw and loud Snakeskin vest and a sharkskin suit Cuban heels on your boots Kickin' the band in side by side You take the crowd on their mystery ride Knights of Columbus and the Fireman's Ball Friday night at the Union Hall Black leather clubs all along Route 9 You count the names of the missing as you count off time
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Rock of ages lift me somehow
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Somewhere high and hard and loud
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Somewhere deep into the heart of the crowd
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I'm the last man standing now
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I'm the last man standing now
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Out of school and out of work
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Thrift store jeans and flannel shirts
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The lights go down and we face the crowd
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The last man standing now
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Lights come up at the Legion Hall Pool cues go back up on the wall You pack your guitar and have one last beer With just the ringing in your ears
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Rock of ages lift me somehow
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Somewhere high and hard and loud
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Somewhere deep into the heart of the crowd
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I'm the last man standing now
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I'm the last man standing now
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I'm the last man standing now
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The Power Of Prayer

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Dreamy afternoon 'neath the summer sun
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We'd lie by the lake till the evening comes
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I run my fingers through your sun streaked hair
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Baby that's the power of prayer Summer nights, summer's in the air I stack the tables with the chairs It's closing time and you're standing there Baby that's the power of prayer
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It's a fixed game without any rules
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An empty table on a ship of fools
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I'm holding hearts, I play the pair
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Darling it's just the power of prayer
Solo over verse chords
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It's a fixed game without any rules
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An empty table on a ship of fools
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I'm holding hearts, I play the pair
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I'm going all in 'cause I don't care
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They say that love it comes and goes
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But darling what, what do they know
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I'm reaching for heaven, we'll make it there
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Darling it's just the power of prayer
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Baby it's just the power of prayer
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Darling it's just the power of prayer Last call, the bouncer shuts the door This magic moment drifts across the floor As Ben E. King's voice fills the air Baby that's the power of prayer
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House Of A Thousand Guitars

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The blood moon shines across the veil
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Bells ring out through churches and jails
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I tally my wounds and count the scars
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Here in the house of a thousand guitars The criminal clown has stolen the throne He steals what he can never own May the truth ring out from every small town bar We'll light up the house of a thousand guitars
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Well it's alright yeah it's alright
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Meet me darlin' come Saturday night
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All good souls from near and far
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Will meet in the house of a thousand guitars Here the bitter and the bored Wake in search of the lost chord That'll band us together for as long as there's stars Yeah in the house of a thousand guitars Well it's alright yeah it's alright Meet me darlin' come Saturday night Brother and sister wherever you are We'll meet in the house of a thousand guitars
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So wake and shake off your troubles my friend We'll go where the music never ends From the stadiums to the small town bars We'll light up the house of a thousand guitars House of a thousand guitars, house of a thousand guitars Brother and sister wherever you are We'll rise together till we find the spark That'll light up the house of a thousand guitars Well it's alright yeah it's alright Meet me darlin' come Saturday night All the souls from near and far We'll meet at the house of a thousand guitars
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A thousand guitars, a thousand guitars
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A thousand guitars, a thousand guitars
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A thousand guitars, a thousand guitars
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A thousand guitars, a thousand guitars

Rainmaker

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Parched crops dying 'neath a dead sun
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We've been praying but no good comes
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The dog's howling, home's stripped bare
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We've been worried but now we're scared People come for comfort or just to come Taste the dark sticky potion or hear the drums Hands raised to Yahweh to bring the rain down He comes crawlin' 'cross the dry fields like a dark shroud
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Rainmaker, a little faith for hire
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Rainmaker, the house is on fire
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Rainmaker, take everything you have
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Sometimes folks need to believe in something so bad, so bad, so bad
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They'll hire a rainmaker (rainmaker) Rainmaker says white's black and black's white Says night's day and day's night Says close your eyes and go to sleep now I'm in a burnin' field unloadin' buckshot into low clouds Rainmaker, a little faith for hire Rainmaker, the house is on fire Rainmaker, take everything you have Sometimes folks need to believe in something so bad, so bad, so bad They'll hire a rainmaker (rainmaker)
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Slow moving wagon drawing through a dry town
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Painted rainbow, crescent moon and dark clouds
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Brother patriot come forth and lay it down
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Your blood brother for king and crown for your rainmaker
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They come for the smile, the firm handshake
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They come for the raw chance of a fair shake
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Some come to make damn sure, my friend
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This mean season's got nothin' to do with them
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They come 'cause they can't stand the pain
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Of another long hot day of no rain
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'Cause they don't care or understand
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What it really takes for the sky to open up the land Rainmaker, a little faith for hire Rainmaker, the house is on fire Rainmaker, take everything you have Sometimes folks need to believe in something so bad, so bad, so bad They'll hire a rainmaker
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Rainmaker Rainmaker Rainmaker

If I Was The Priest

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Well there's a light on yonder mountain
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And it's calling me to shine
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There's a girl over by the water fountain
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And she's asking to be mine
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And Jesus is standing in the doorway
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With a buckskin jacket, boots and spurs so fine
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He says we need you, son, tonight up in Dodge City
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Because there's just too many outlaws trying to work the same line
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Well now if Jesus was the sheriff and I was the priest
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If my lady was an heiress and my mama was a thief
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Oh and papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
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Still too many bad boys trying to work the same line Now sweet Virgin Mary she runs the Holy Grail Saloon Where for a nickel she'll give you whiskey and a personally blessed balloon And the holy ghost is the host with the most he runs the burlesque show Where they let in for free but they hit you when you go Mary's serving mass on Sunday and then she sells her body on Monday To the bootlegger who paid the highest price He don't know he got stuck with a loser, she's stone junkie, what's more she's a user She's only been made once or twice by some kind of magic Well now if Jesus was the sheriff and I was the priest If my lady was an heiress and my mama was a thief Oh and papa rode shotgun for the Fargo line Still too many bad boys trying to work the same line Well things ain't been sane in heaven ever since big bad Bobby came to town He's been known to down eleven and then ask for another round And me I got scabs on my knees from kneelin' way to long It's about I played a man, took a stand where I belong And forget about the old friends in the old times There's just too many new boys trying to work the same line Well now if Jesus was the sheriff and I was the priest If my lady was an heiress and my mama was a thief Oh and papa rode shotgun for the Fargo line Still too many bad boys trying to work the same line Well there's a light on yonder mountain and it's calling me to shine There's a girl over by the water fountain and she's asking to be mine And Jesus, he's standing in the doorway, with six guns drawn ready to fan He says we need you tonight, son, up in Dodge City, I'm already overdue in Cheyenne Well now if Jesus was the sheriff and I was the priest If my lady was an heiress and my mama was a thief Oh and papa rode shotgun for the Fargo line Still too many bad boys trying to work the same line

Ghosts

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I hear the sound of your guitar
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Comin' in from the mystic far
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The stone and the gravel in your voice
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Come in my dreams and I rejoice
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It's your ghost
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Moving through the night
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Spirit filled with light
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I need, need you by my side
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Your love and I'm alive
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I can feel the blood shiver in my bones
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I'm alive and I'm out here on my own
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I'm alive and I'm coming home Old buckskin jacket you always wore Hangs on the back of my bedroom door Boots and the spurs you used to ride Click down the hall but never arrive It's just your ghost Moving through the night Your spirit filled with light I need, need you by my side Your love and I'm alive I can feel the blood shiver in my bones I'm alive and I'm out here on my own I'm alive and I'm coming home Old Fender Twin from Johnny's Music downtown Still set on ten to burn this house down Count the band in then kick into overdrive By the end of the set we leave no one alive
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Ghosts runnin' through the night
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Our spirits filled with light
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I need, need you by my side
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Your love and I'm alive I shoulder your Les Paul and finger the fretboard I make my vows to those who've come before I turn up the volume, let the spirits be my guide Meet you brother and sister on the other side
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I'm alive I can feel the blood shiver in my bones
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I'm alive and I'm out here on my own
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I'm alive and I'm comin' home
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Yeah I'm comin' home One, two, one, two, three, four
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Song For Orphans

Intro over verse chords
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Well the multitude assembled and tried to make the noise
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Them black blind poet generals and restless loud white boys
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But time's grew thin and the axis grew somehow incomplete
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Where instead of child lions we had aging junkie sheep Well how many wasted have I seen signed "Hollywood or bust" And left to ride the ever ghostly Arizona gusts Cheerleader tramps and kids with big amps sounding in the void High society vamps, ex-heavyweight champs mistaking soot for soil
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So break me now big Mama as Old Faithful breaks the day
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Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way
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The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay
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The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play
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Well the doorstep blanket weaver, Madonna pushes bells From house to house I see her giving last kisses and wishing well To every gypsy mystic hero that the kids might find a place Who get lost forever mothers and fathers on their weekends out in space Well sons they search for fathers, but the fathers are all gone The lost souls search for saviors, but saviors don't last long Those aimless questless renegade brats who live their lives in song They run the length of a candle, in a goodnight whisper and they're gone So break me now big Mama as Old Faithful breaks the day Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play
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Solo over verse chords
Well the missions are filled with hermits, they're looking for a friend The terraces are filled with cat-men just looking for a way in Those orphans jumped on silver mountains lost in celestial alleyways They wait for that old tramp Dog Man Moses, he takes in all the strays Now don't you grow on empty legends or lonely cradle songs Billy the Kid was just a bowery boy who made a living twirling his guns The night she's long and lanky and she speaks in a mother tongue She lullabies the refugees with amplifier's hum So break me now big Mama as Old Faithful breaks the day Believe me my good Linda, the aurora will shine the way The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play The confederacy's in my name now, the hounds are held at bay The axis needs a stronger arm, do you feel your muscles play
Outro over verse chords

I'll See You In My Dreams

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The road is long and seeming without end
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The days go on, I remember you my friend
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And though you're gone and my heart's been empty it seems
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I'll see you in my dreams I got your guitar here by the bed All your favorite records and all the books that you read And though my soul feels like it's been split at the seams I'll see you in my dreams
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I'll see you in my dreams when all our summers have come to an end
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I'll see you in my dreams, we'll meet and live and laugh again
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I'll see you in my dreams, yeah around the river bend
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For death is not the end
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And I'll see you in my dreams
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I'll see you in my dreams when all our summers have come to an end I'll see you in my dreams, we'll meet and live and laugh again I'll see you in my dreams, yeah around the river bend For death is not the end
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And I'll see you in my dreams
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See you in my dreams
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See you in my dreams
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And I'll see you in my dreams