Met myself [bad word] #39; county welfare line.
I was feelin [bad word] out, hung out on the line.
Saw myself a goin', down to war in June.
What I want, all I want is to write myself a tune.

 [bad word] 
Wrote a song for ev'ryone,
Wrote a song for [bad word] 
Wrote a song for ev'ryone
And I couldn't even talk to you.

Got myself arrested, wound me up in jail.
Richmond 'bout to blow [bad word] failed.
If you see the answer, now's the time to say.
What I want, all I want is to get you down to pray.

 [bad word]  x2

Saw the people standin' thousand years in chains.
Somebody said it's different now, look, it's just the same.
Pharaoh spins the message, round and round the [bad word] 
They could have saved a million people, how can I tell you?

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