| Lately I been wastin' this hard, hard life
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| Seems like nothin' ever turns out right
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| The day’s too short, the nights too long
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| Meet you in the middle if it turns out wrong
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| Johnny got a job but it ain’t no good
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| Nickels and dimes you know he never could
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| Seem to make it clean, I’m tellin' you
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| When the devil got your soul
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| There ain’t much you can do
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| Now he prays for a light in the dark
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| To lift 'em on up (lift 'em on up)
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| An' he swears with his hand on his heart
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| To lift 'em on up (lift 'em on up)
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| You can tear the night down
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| And turn it inside out
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| Johnny looks around but all he sees
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| Is a tired old city livin' on its knees
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| Blue jean faces, fadin' fast
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| Backs are breaking but the hard times last
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| Now he prays for a light in the dark
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| To lift 'em on up (lift 'em on up)
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| An' he swears with his hand on his heart
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| To lift 'em on up (lift 'em on up)
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| You can tear the night down
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| And turn it inside out
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| You can tear the night down
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| Yesterdays… Johnny (Johnny, Johnny)
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| Johnny and me used to have a dream
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| If ya ran real fast, it’d set you free
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| So we kept on running, but our legs got tired
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| And the dream just kinda faded when the spirit died — hey
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| To lift 'em on up, lift 'em on up
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| Now he prays for a light in the dark
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| To lift 'em on up (lift 'em on up)
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| An' he swears with his hand on his heart
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| To lift 'em on up (lift 'em on up)
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| You can tear the night down, you can tear the night down
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| You can tear the night down and turn it inside out
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| To lift 'em on up, lift 'em on up, lift 'em on up, lift 'em on up |