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Jerusalem Tomorrow
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Emmylou Harris
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Man, you should have seen me way back then
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I could tell a tale, I could make it spin
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I could tell you black was white
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I could tell you day was night
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Not only that I could tell you why
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Back then I could really tell a lie
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Well, I'd hire a kid to say he was lame
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Then I'd touch him and I make him walk again
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Then I'd pull some magic trick
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I'd pretend to heal the sick
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I was takin' everything they had to give
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It wasn't all that bad a way to live
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Well, I'm in this desert town and it's hot as hell
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But no one's buyin' what I got to sell
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I make my lame kid walk
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I make a dumb guy talk
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I'm preachin' up a storm, both night and day
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But everyone just turns and walks away
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Well, I can see that I'm only wasting time
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So I head across the road to drink some wine
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This old man comes up to me
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He says, "I seen you on the street
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You're pretty good, if I do say so myself"
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But the guy comes through here last month, he was somethin' else
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Instead of callin' out for fire from above
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He just gets real quiet and talks about love
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And I'll tell you somethin' funny
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He didn't want nobody's money
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Now I'm not exactly sure what this all means
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But it's the damnest thing I swear I've ever seen
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Well, since that time every town is the same
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I can't make a dime, I don't know why I came
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I decide I'll go and find him
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And find out who's behind him
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He has everyone convinced that he's for real
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Well, I figure we can work us out a deal
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So he offers me a job and I say, "Fine"
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He says I'll get paid off on, down the line
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Well, I guess I'll string along
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Don't see how too much can go wrong
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As long as he pays my way, I guess I'll follow
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We're headed for Jerusalem tomorrow
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