[Intro]

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Getting closer everyday
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Getting closer everyday

[Chorus]

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Lord have mercy on me
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We’re talking about two different things
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Television and Life Magazine
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Lord have mercy on me
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Lord have mercy on me

[Verse]

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Got this idea in my head and I can’t get it out
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That all the money in the mint couldn’t water a drought
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I’m piling treasures up on earth what you keep and what you take
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Property, vanity, even knowledge for knowledge sake

[Chorus]

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Lord have mercy on me
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We’re talking about two different things
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Television and Life Magazine
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Lord have mercy on me
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Lord have mercy on me

[Verse]

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Want to see you psychoanalyst
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Experienced in assisting to adjust
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European travel, the H-Bomb, Onasis please come home
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The front page of the New York Times, the front page of the New York Times

[Chorus]

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Lord have mercy on me
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We’re talking about two different things
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Television and Life Magazine
A E A D
Lord have mercy on me
A E A
Lord have mercy on me

[Bridge]

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Quit your gripping, shine your shoes
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I’ll tell you a little secret for your blues
Bm G
Don’t make no difference who is watching from the stands
Bm G
The fat lady always claps her hands

[Chorus]

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Lord have mercy on me
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Say it even if you’re robbing from the poor
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Lord have mercy on me
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I believe the words will change the heart
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The words will change the heart
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The words will change the heart
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The words will change the heart
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The words will change the heart
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Lord have mercy on me
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Lord have mercy on me
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We’re talking about two different things
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Television and Life Magazine
A E A D
Lord have mercy on me
A E A
Lord have mercy on me

[Outro]

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Getting closer every day
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Getting closer every day
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Getting closer every day