a man had a vision, a man had a dream/ "fill stadiums with men, show them God reigns supreme/ we'll teach them to cry, love their children and wife/ & make all the world follow our way of life"/ as men danced the beat of the blood in their wrist/ he was raking the money in hand over fist/ then he drank like a fish & he beat his wife too/ as he said, "do as I say, but not as I do"
(chorus)
more than power or beauty or porcelain wings/ more than riches or long life or
spiritual things/ more than talent or fame or perfection or proof/ give me
truth, give me truth, give me truth.
they
spoke their horizons on salty lake shores/ "no drinking, no red meat, no
drugs, & no war"/ vegetarians, vegans, they came out at night/ they'd
earn their peace even if they had to fight/ a man wearing leather smoked a
cigarette/ so they pulled out the knives they didn't legally get/ & they
came from behind in a sneaking attack/ & he woke with an X in the small of
his back. (chorus)
they
wanted to save all the babies who dies/ an end to the end of the kicking
inside/ they held signs on sidewalks, near clinics & schools/ for
"thou shalt not kill" was their cardinal rule/ they spread the good
word with the greatest aplomb/ & when no one would listen they planted a
bomb/ but they felt no guilt at the death they had caused/ they knew they had
been chosen the Army of God. (chorus)
now
I've seen enough in my lifetime/ to know people are not as they seem/ & we
don't get that many chances/ or get back all the love that we give/ but I am
not willing to give up/ what I've built on the pulse of a dream/ so now I will
show my true colors/ (cause I'm on my way/ I understand now)/ & I think
that I'm ready to live. (chorus 3x)
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