Key: D major
Verse 1
Lieutenant Jimmy Bly
Detailed to go through the clothes
of the soldiers who died
At night in dreams he sees their souls rise
Verse 2
Like dark geese into the Oklahoma skies
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Well this is a prayer for the souls
of the departed
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This is a prayer for the
Verse 3
souls of the departed
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Now Raphael Rodriguez was
just seven years old
Shot down in a schoolyard by
some East Compton Cholos
His mamma cried "My
beautiful boy is dead"
In the hills the self- made men just
Verse 4
the departed
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Young lives over before they got started
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This is a prayer for the souls
of the departed
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Verse 5
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Tonight as I tuck my own son in bed
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I want to build me a wall so high
of dirty ground
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Verse 6
Now I ply my trade in the
land of king dollar
Where you get paid and
your silence passes as honor
And all the hatred and dirty little lies
Outro 1
Been written off the books and into decent men's eyes
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