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[Waterfall]
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[Piano solo]
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[Instrumental begins]
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Let's go down to the holy river.
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[Instrumental]
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If we drown, then we'll be delivered.
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[Instrumental]
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You can still see the picture
upon the wall
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one eye staring at nothing at all,
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other one trying to focus
through all the tears.
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[Instrumental.]
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You can try and try,
but there's nothing to hide.
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You can't run from yourself
and what's inside.
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You've got to find the answers
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through the questions
that you must fear.
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[Instrumental.]
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So over and over,
you ask your soul
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why'd you come down
to a world so cold?
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And a voice inside says
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"Tonight, the truth will be told."
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[Instrumental.]
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You surrounded yourself
with all the wrong faces,
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spending your time
in all the wrong places.
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Putting your faith in things
that only make you cry.
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[Instrumental.]
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People say they love you,
and they want to help.
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But how can they, when
you can't help yourself?
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The more they say they love you,
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the more you just want to die.
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(Ooh ooh ooh ooh!)
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There you are,
you think you're high.
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You can't ask yourself
'cause you'd only lie.
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If you had a dollar
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for every time you tried.
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[Musical flourish]
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Then it hit you,
like a fist on a wall
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Who gave you life,
when there was none at all?
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Who gave the sun permission
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to rise up every day?
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(Ah, yeah!)
Let me tell it!
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(Go on!)
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If you ask God
to love you longer,
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every breath you take
will make you stronger,
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keeping you happy
and proud to call His name.
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(Go on, say it)
Jesus!
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And over and over,
you ask your soul
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why'd you come down
to a world so cold?
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A voice inside said
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"Tonight the truth
will be told."
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This time I was listening.
(Ooh!) Hear me.
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Let's go down to the holy river.
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If we drown, then we'll be
delivered.
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If we don't, then we'll never
see the light.
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Nooo!
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If you die before you try,
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you'll have to come back
and face the light. (Oh yes!)
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When you believe it,
you got a good reason to cry.
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My, my, my, my.
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So, I went on down
to the holy river.
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I called my girl, and told her
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I had something to give her.
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I asked her to marry me
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and she said yes, I cried.
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[Musical flourish.]
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Oh, that night I drowned
in her tears and mine,
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and instead of a glass
of sorrow and wine,
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looking back y'all,
I don't miss nothing
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except the time.
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[Instrumental.]
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When I see that picture
upon the wall,
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the one eye staring at nothing at all,
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my eyes try and focus,
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but these are much
different tears.
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Oh yes they are.
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Ooooh, let's go down
to the holy river.
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Let's go down to the holy river.
Let's go down to the holy river.
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[Waterfall.]