What Else - Accept Lyrics
Heroes - keep dyingNations - dividingPrinciples - they
Heroes - keep dyingNations - dividingPrinciples - they
Mr.Dali Lamas
Another sister’s shootin’ heroin tomorrow
Amputees in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s
The church wasn’t honest
The state put the youth in a harness
Creatin’ hostility among us
Teacher said no college
Still the kid’s gotta get a check
With a couple commas
People wanna bomb us
More people gotta scatter and run from us
You can blame it on Zeus and Apollo and Adonis
But what you’ve done here
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target
And it won’t be long before
You’re pulling yourself away
But what you’ve done here
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target
And it won’t be long before
You’re pulling yourself away
I’ve been knowing her for years
I’ve been seeing her for years
She got dark, dark wavy hair
With a voice like she just don’t care
She got a skirt with a halter top
She’s got a dad who never gave enough
She drink a beer with a proper shot
She got knocked up in a pickup truck
But she got engaged when she was nineteen
To this dude who was acting insane
Has a .45 that he always cleaned
Said one day one day one too many days
Now she ducked and she ran away
Never to be heard from, never to be seen
I check the cover of a magazine
I’m just wondering how, just wondering how
But what you’ve done here
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target
And it won’t be long before
You’re pulling yourself away
But what you’ve done here
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target
And it won’t be long before
You’re pulling yourself away
Ah, what you’ve done here
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target
And it won’t be long before
You’re pulling yourself away
What you’ve done here
Is put yourself between a bullet and a target
And it won’t be long before
You’re pulling yourself away
A bullet and a target
A bullet and a target
A bullet and a target
A bullet and a target
Between a bullet and a target
She stands on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
Alone in the pale moonlight
Waiting for a man, a riverboat gambler
Said that he’d return tonight
They used to waltz on the banks of the mighty Mississippi
Loving the whole night through
‘Til the riverboat gambler went off to make a killing
And bring it on back to you
Evangeline, Evangeline
Curses the soul of the Mississippi queen
That pulled her man away
Bayou Sam, from the South Louisiane
Had gambling in his veins
Evangeline, from the Maritimes
Was slowly going insane
High on the top of Hickory Hill
She stands in the lightning and thunder
Down on the river the boat was a-sinking
She watched that queen go under
He had many of bad habits
He was trying hard to break
And every time he thought it got better
He would make another mistake
Though he knows he’s far from perfect
He is trying to live right
He asked me to ask You Father
Would You hear his prayer tonight
He said, “Tell Him that I really need Him
And I really want to change
The next time you talk to God
Would you please mention my name
Would you tell Him that I really love Him
And although it’s been awhile
Ask Him for me am I still His child”
I asked her how she was doing
She said, “Not so good lately”
Then I told her girl you know
You can always talk to me
She said, “These days haven’t been so happy
Haven’t had much peace of mind
Now I know that I should be praying
But I haven’t had much time”
So could you tell Him that I really need Him
I really want to change
The next time you talk to God
Would you please mention my name
Oh tell Him that I really love Him
I know it’s been a while
Ask Him for me am I still His child
I know the answer to your question
Yes the Father still loves you
But sometimes when you have children
You don’t always like what they do
So when you go to your Heavenly Father
Say Lord I love You
And when you ask Him for forgiveness
This is what He’ll say to you
“I send a message in the wind
When the bird sang a song
And when you went to sleep last night
I told the moon shine all night long
Just wanted you to talk to Me
And I know it’s been a while
And to answer your question
You are still My child, My child”
Show me what it is you’ve done
Pull the covers off in front of everyone
Sure you want us all to see
What you created for yourself in spite of me
You can try to tie me down
You can try to string me up
But you have no luck now
Please don’t ever let me down again
It shouldn’t be allowed
Please don’t ever make me frown again
You have shown me how
Please don’t try to be my friend again
‘Cause I don’t want you
I don’t want you now
I don’t want you now
So now you learned to make your bed
Far be it for me to be the one to pay your head
The truth is you know I could have pulled you up
But you’d already advertised that I had slashed the tires
Of your one man show
You can try to tie me down
You can try to stitch me up
But you have no luck now
Please don’t ever let me down again
It shouldn’t be allowed
Please don’t ever make me frown again
You have shown me how
Please don’t try to be my friend again
‘Cause I don’t want you
I don’t want you now
I don’t want you now
I don’t want you now
No, I don’t want you now
No, I don’t want you now
No, I don’t want you now
The truth is that I could have pulled you up
You can try to tie me down
You can try to string me up
But you have no luck now
Please don’t ever let me down again
It shouldn’t be allowed
Please don’t ever make me frown again
You have shown me how
Please don’t try to be my friend again
‘Cause I don’t want you
I don’t want you now
I don’t want you now
I don’t want you now