Mid-century modern (2021)
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1. Have mercy on us, Father, who live through this age of storms !
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We barely have the time to
bind the
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wounds
caused by our shattered norms.
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The credulous are on crusade
against reality,
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C
and
freedom's just another word for acting with impunity.
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2. It's hard to get your bearings in a world
that doesn't care,
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positions
I took long ago feel comfy as an old armchair.
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Dm
But the kids that pull the
statues down, they challenge me to see
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Am G
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the
gap between the man I am and the man I want to be.
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3. That old familiar argument blew up again last night,
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the
one where one of us is wrong but both of us feel in the right.
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My indignation drove me to say
things that I regret,
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D G Am
G C
I hurt the one I love the most
with my self-righteous temperament.
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4. Now I must face the consequence of the thoughtlessness I've shown,
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it
wasn't my intention to spend this evening all alone.
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But wounded pride is all I
have to keep me company
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C
in
the gap between the man I am and the man I want to be.
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5. I'm used to people listening to what I have to say,
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and I
find it hard to think that it might help if I just stepped away.
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And adjusted my perceptions to
reflect reality,
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Am G C
and
the gap between the man I am and the man I want to be.
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The gap between the man I am
and the man I want to be.
(Billy Bragg)