Key: C
Introduction: C
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Earth is like a church without a preacher
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The people have to pray for themselves
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Animals and birds cannot help them
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Trees and plants have nothing new to say
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Planets are just bumbles, floating carelessly
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Streets lined up with boxes, so it seems
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Lined up there forever by their buildings
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Standing in the way of children's dreams
verse 3
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So I made my way down this highway
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Stopping now to rest and then to eat
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Trying not to damage that that's in my way
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Lookin' for a way to be complete
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That's how it ends in the beginning
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That's how I plan to say goodbye
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Leavin' bells just as they were ringing
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I'm not trying to make something die
Verse 5
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My friend Al got the message
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Sent it down that street with the boxes on
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Lined up there forever, filled with thinkers
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working on solutions here and gone
Verse 6
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I really want to make a difference
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Trying now to help him with the work
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Originating in the heart of something
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Worth keeping in the soul when it gets hurt
Verse 7
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As we keep on building roads of boxes
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To think inside of what we will
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With increasing distance from the foxes
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From the wolves and whip-poor-wills
Verse 8
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And from the crows and all the sea creatures
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Mermaids and the galleons of horse
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Crossing over onto waves of fortunes
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To finally crash upon the shore
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Upon the shore Upon the shore
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On the shore On the shore
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On the shore On the shore
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On the shore On the shore
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On the shore On the shore
Verse 9
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Rescued there by primative tribesman
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Living in round triangles forevermore
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Never ever in a straight line
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And always on the road to Heaven's door
verse 10
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Will the clouds and the rains come in torrents
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And will the winds blow forever on the shore
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Over the dry land between the castles
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Or the herds of horses grazing on the clover
Outro
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Earth is like a church without a preacher
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Without a preacher
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Earth is like a church without a preacher
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Without a preacher
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Earth is like a church
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Earth is like a church
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Earth is like a church