Key: C major
Verse 1
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Feast or famine, God or mammon,
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D
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Priest or shaman, opposites attract
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Saints and sinners, losers,
winners, rank beginners,
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D
there's no going back.
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My old man was a dreamer,
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dreamed his life away.
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Sometimes dreams are realer
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than the roles we play
Daddy used to say
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You don't walk another man's path
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You don't sing another man's song
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And you don't play
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A
the horse of Babylon
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The road is never straight
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The way is always long
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One thing I can say before I'm gone
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Life is never wrong
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People used to laugh and say
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You never ought to make
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the truth your bride
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D
Marry money, fill your tummy
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D
Only junkies live to get that high
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D
My first love was beauty
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She tried so hard to please
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And then she introduced
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me to the beast
Knocked me to my knees
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Don't walk another man's path
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You don't sing another man's song
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A
You don't play the horse of Babylon
D
The road is never straight,
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the way is always long
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A
One thing I can say before I'm gone
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D
Life is never wrong
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Hold your head up high,
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no matter what the weight
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Look life in the eye, don't hesitate
Life won't wait
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You don't walk another man's path
G
You don't sing another man's song
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A
You don't play the horse of Babylon
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D
The road is never straight,
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the way is always long
F
A
One thing I can say before I'm gone
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G
D
Life is never wrong
You
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ChordsD G C F A
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