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Dear lord this is a prayer
Just let me know if you're really there
Dear lord come gain control
Oh lord come save my soul

Give me dignity restore my sanity
Oh lord come rescue me
Dear lord my vanity is killing me
Oh lord it's killing me, it's killing me

If you give your soul to heaven
And your soul begins to bleed
Remember all the sevens
Don't turn up when you need

If you do believe in glory
Then please believe a fact
Give your soul to heaven
You won't get it back

I'm down deep and i need your help
There's no one to turn to and i can't help myself
Dear lord hear this call
Oh lord save my fall

I'm scared i doubt
Dear lord help me out
I despair my lord my prayer my lord
Care my lord

Dear lord take the time
I believe your story now you believe mine
Oh lord i'm on my knees
Oh lord please please beware

My lord oh care my lord
Give me dignity
Restore my sanity
My vanity is killing me

If you give your soul to heaven
And your soul begins to bleed
Remember all the sevens
Don't turn up when you need

If you do believe in glory
Then please believe a fact
Give your soul to heaven
You won't get it back

I took a line that leads you to the opium trail
Oriental eyes reveal the lies, deceit, betrayal
On this journey behold one who travels far
You called him fool but now you are

The wizard wanders through the world made from dreams
The splashing whirlpool drowns the frightened streams
Exotic dancers, flashing lancers, this mysterious space
The fanfare advances, the warlord falls from grace

It clears your pain
But it's got you claimed again, my love
You feel the need but it lets you bleed
You must concede, my love

No one to blame, no shame
You crave again and again, my love
No used to plead from you
It feeds on your greed, my love

I took a line that comes from the golden states of shan
The smugglers trail that leads to the opium den
The chinese connection refines to heroin
Depart the heart you crave again

It clears your pain
You soul is claimed again, my love
You feel the need, it lets you bleed
You must concede, my love

No one to blame, no shame
You crave again and again, my love
No use to plead
From you it feeds, my love

The boom time it is over
A ghost town is all that's left here
The gold rush it is over
And depression days draw near

Tonight after sundown
I'm going to pack my case
I leave without a sound
Disappear without a trace

I'm going southbound

Drifting like a drover
Chasing my career
From the ships docked in the harbour
New horizons will appear

Tumbling with the tumbleweed
Down the open road
Taking only what i need
Before my head explodes

I'm going southbound

Hey, you're not getting any younger
The wild west has already been won
Northern lights are growing colder
And the old eastern ways are gone

So tonight after sundown
You must go from this place
Without a tear, without a frown
Disappear without a trace

He made a big impression
When he walked across the room
And i must make my confession
I might have spoked too soon

He's a killer
Without a cause
The time is right
To settle scores

On the streets he lives again
Down the alley and round the bend
On the beat beneath the light
An angel comes to claim the light

From the streets
This rebel shall rise
His soul shall soar
Through the skies

The same old confrontation
At the bar in the saloon
But it's just another tricky situation
The underworld operation lies in ruins

He's a killer
Without a cause
The time is right
To settle scores