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Mavis Staples
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Lord, have mercy
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Bang! - A gunshot rings out
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13-year-old baby falls 2 the ground
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See the killer runnin' down the street
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Tell me killer, can you hear the sound?
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Tap, tap, tappin' on your window like a fallin' rain
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Cryin' like a baby in a cradle sayin' pick me up again
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Ching! - Mr. Politician goes on vacation
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Brings along a friend or 2
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In the disguise of taxes
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Mr. Politician (sends) sends the bill 2 you know who
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Tap, tap, tappin' on your window like a fallin' rain
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(Tappin' on my window like a fallin' rain)
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Cryin' like a baby in a cradle sayin' pick me up again
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(Cryin' like a baby, pick me up)
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Can't you hear the voice? (Oh yeah)
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The nightsticks are still singin'
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4-part harmony on brother's back
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Justice is doomed when we don't start no S-H
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And there's still some I-T in all of that
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Tap, tap, tappin' on your window like a fallin' rain
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(Can't you hear it tappin' like a fallin' rain fine-tune cryin' like a baby?)
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Cryin' like a baby in a cradle sayin' pick me up again
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(Pick me up, pick me up)
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I'm talkin' about the voice, y'all
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Ha, suky, suky now
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Sho'mon (Tap)
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Sho'mon (Tap)
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Help me here (Tap)
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Tappin' (Tap)
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Tappin', tappin', ha ha (Tap)
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Tap on it, tap on it (Tap) (Tap)
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Can't you see it's just dirty money?
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If your brother man is dyin' in the flow
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Take off these chains (Tap) (Tap)
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And listen 2 the voice callin' (Tap)
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We gotta go, gotta go (Tap) (Tap)
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Tap, tap, tappin' on your window like a fallin' rain
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(Oh yeah, like a fallin' rain)
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Cryin' like a baby in a cradle sayin' pick me up again
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(Cryin' like a baby, pick me up, pick me up)
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5-4-3-2-1, keep the war over (Tap)
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But how many want to keep the peace (Tap) (Tap)
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We keep buildin' guns when we could build love (Tap)
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(When we need 2 build love)
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'cause that's when the war will cease
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you know it, you know it (Tap) (Tap)
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Can't you hear the voices? (Tap) (Tap)
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Can't you hear the sound? (Tap)
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Take heed, get your house in order (Tap)
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Tap, tap, tappin' on your window like a fallin' rain
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(Tappin', tappin' like a.. like a fallin' rain)
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Cryin' like a baby in a cradle sayin' pick me up again
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(Cryin'' like a baby, pick me up, pick me up)
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Sighin' like a woman on fire
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When she's ready 4 some of your love
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(Born ready 4 all of your love)
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The voice is just a-steady-callin'
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(The voice is callin')
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Until you give in, until you give up
Mavis Staples sings "I'll Take You There...
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