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I went to see the preacher to teach me how to pray
He looked at me and smiled then that preacher turned away
He said if you want to tell him something, you ain't gotta fold your hands
Say it with your heart your soul and believe it, and I'll say amen"
Bang a drum for the sinners, bang a drum for the sins
Bang a drum for the losers and those who win
Bang a drum, bang it loudly or as soft as you need
Bang a drum for yourself son and a drum for me
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh oh oh let me hear you say: "yeah, (yeah) Hallelujah amen"
I called upon my brother just the other day,
He said: "Jon, I'm gonna die if I don't start to live again
I work each day and night like clockwork just tryin' to make ends meet
I could kick this bad world's ass if I could just get on my feet"
I'd Bang a drum for the crying, Bang a drum for the truth
Bang a drum for the innocence lost in our youth
Bang a drum bang it loudly or as soft as you need
Bang a drum for you brother and a drum for me
I don't know where all the rivers run
I don't know how far, I don't know how come
But I'm gonna die believin' each step that I take
Ain't worth the ground that I walk, if we don't walk it our own way
No I don't claim to be a wise man a poet or a saint
I'm just another man who's searchin' for a better way
But my heart beats loud as thunder for the things that I believe
Sometimes I wanna run for cover, sometimes I want to scream
Bang a drum for tomorrow, bang a drum for the past
Bang a drum for the heroes that won't come back
Bang a drum for the promise, bang a drum for the lies
Bang a drum for the lovers and the tears they've cried
Bang a drum, bang it loudly or as soft as you need
But as long as my heart keeps on bangin' I got a reason…
to believe! Yeah! Yeah, oh yeah!
oh let me hear you say: Yeah, (yeah) Hallelujah amen
Yeah yeah oh yeah
Oh let me hear you say: Yeah,(yeah) Hallelujah amen