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Death Meaning of.

Lyrics

Do You Believe That !

[G] A preacher got the call and had to [C] fall to his knees.
He would [D] serve an aboriginal [G] flock.
He travelled overseas and caught a [C] fatal disease,
And they [D7] laid him out to die on a [G] rock.

He remembered when he spoke upon the [C] Circle of Life,
It [D] sounded so profound at the [G] time.
But with the burning in his belly like the [C] twist of a knife,
He said [D7] "Lord, my very life is a [G] crime."

I found him on the ground beside a [C] bundle of wood.
He [D] pleaded with his agonal [G] breath --
"Brother if you could, come up with [C] something good
To [D7] say about the topic of ... [G] death"
Do you believe [D7] that? Do you believe [G] that!

I said "The will to survive is just an [C] animal drive.
Now the [D] atmosphere is gonna get [G] chilly.
But there's really not a reason for [C] remaining alive,
And this [D7] gloom is just a little bit [G] silly.
He said "Do you believe [D7] that?", I said [G] "Not really."

"But morality is all about the [C] weak and the strong.
[D] There's a point you might have [G] missed.
Its hard to build an argument that [C] something is wrong
Because a [D7] thing does or doesn't [G] exist."
He said "Do you believe [D] that?" I said [G] "It's a twist!"

He said "You're [C] really not cooperating all that much.
I was [G] dreaming you would carry me through.
I could [C] use a little consolation here in the clutch."
I said [G] "I'll try a different angle or [D] two."

I said [G] "I know you got daughter. She's about [C] fourteen,
And you [D] wrote a book about the [G] The Divine.
So your chromosomes'll travel down the [C] river of genes,
And your [D7] thoughts down the tunnel of [G] time."

( And now you're) fighting with the mis'ry that's been [C] coming to roost
And you're [D] having trouble finding the [G] tools.
But there will be no mis'ry when you been [C] reduced
To a little [D7] pile of [G] molecules."

"You won't be playing shuffleboard and [C] shooting the breeze.
Your [D] family will be [G] excused
From counting out your pills, and [C] pulverizing your peas,
And [D7] coping with you when you're [G] confused."

"And they will allocate your money by the [C] words in your will.
Nobody's [D] going to [G] intervene,
And claim it in the future for a [C] medical bill,
While you'e [D7] vegetating on a [G] machine."

But I was [C] digging ever deeper down a desolate hole.
He said [G] "I thought that you'd be talking about
The [C] everlasting nature of the human soul,
And the [G] vindication of the [D] devout!"
I said "Do you believe [D7] that?" He said "I'm 'bout to find [G] out!"

I said "Think about the ocean, how it [C] bubbles and it spews.
You're a [D] raindrop scattered and [G] blown.
You die and you fall and you [C] finally fuse.
With the [D7] ocean on a blanket of [G] foam."
He said [D] "Do you believe that?" I said "Jim you're going [G] home".