Stand By Me

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walk in a corner shop

see a shoplifting cop

see the old lady with a gun

see the hero try 2 run

nothing's what it seems, i mean

it's not all dirty, but it's not all clean

there's children paying bills

there's monks buying thrills

there's pride for sale in magazines

there's pills for rent 2 make u clean

marvin gaye, there's no brother, brother

woody guthrie's land can't feed mother

mothers weep, children sleep

so much violence ends in silence

it's a shame there's no one 2 blame

for all the pain that life brings

if u will just take me it might just complete me

and together we can make a stand

a waitress brings me lunch

we meet but do not touch

on tv, d.c. is selling lies

while in the corner, king's dream dies

go 2 the counter, pay for me and my friend

a homeless man pulls out a roll, says it's on him

the mayor has no cash

mothers weep, children sleep

so much violence ends in silence

it's a shame there's no one 2 blame

for all the pain that life brings

if u will just take me it might just complete me

and together we can make a stand

u will love me, i will love u

mothers weep, children sleep

so much violence ends in silence

it's a shame there's no one 2 blame

for all the pain that life brings

if u will just take me it might just complete me

andtogether we can make a stand