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Billy Bragg
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Crowds gather round kneeling at the feet of common thieves
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Hungry for the word, but God would never speak through such as these,
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Such as these
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Who offer healing hands and balms, and redemption, a few would cross
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Their palms
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They'll tell your troubles to the Lord for how ever much you can afford
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Hands holding hands in the circle of the sinners and the saints
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Memories that linger from the cradle, placing puzzles in the grave,
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In the grave
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No mortal skin and bone can live on bread and circuses alone
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The spirit needs, must drive the mystery of why you're alive
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[Chorus]
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They look and their Book and they read
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But their cold hearts say, "Follow me"
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Dance in the dust in the frenzy of the desperately in need
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Led by the voices of the men who invoke ritual to hide their greed,
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Hide their greed
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Come every tongue, every eye across the crumbling earth and cracking skies
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The gates of hell stand open wide, but the path of glory you walk single
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[Chorus]
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These men make a cage for the very souls that came here to be free
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They turn off their lights for their tents they're fixing to leave
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Follow me
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[Chorus: x2]
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They'll close their Book and leave, but you'll remain still in pain
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