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THE KEY


1ST: HE FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY BEFORE YOU AND I WERE BORN; NOW HE LIVES ON THE CITY STREETS AND ALL HIS CLOTHES ARE TORN. HE SAY?S I REMEMBER WHEN MY LIFE SEEMED SO RIGHT, AND NOW ALL I THINK ABOUT IS WHERE WILL I SLEEP TONIGHT. AND IF I HAD JUST ONE WISH, I KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE. I?D WISH FOR A DOOR WITH A KEY.

2ND: THIS IS WHAT HE SAID TO ME AS I STOOD BEFORE THIS MAN, THEN I KNEELED BESIDE HIM AND I OFFERED HIM MY HAND. I SAID COULD I GET YOU A BITE OR MAYBE JUST SOME SHOES, HE SAT THERE AND STARED AWHILE SAID I GUESS IF YOU CHOOSE. BUT THE ONE THING I SO WANT I KNOW YOU CAN?T GIVE. GIVE ME A LIFE WHERE I CAN LIVE.


CHORUS: THERE?S NOTHING NOW YOU CAN SAY OR DO, CAUSE MY LIFE NOW IS NEARLY THROUGH. I?VE SEEN MYSELF MANY A WINTER?S DAY, AND WHEN THE WIND BLOWS I CAN ALMOST HEAR IT SAY. WELL CLOSE YOUR EYES NOW AND YOU WILL SEE, A DOOR FOR YOU MY FRIEND AND A KEY.

SOLO


3RD: WELL I WENT BACK TO SEE HIM JUST 2 DAYS AGO, HE PASSED AWAY IN HIS SLEEP WITH HIS HEAD DOWN IN THE SNOW. AND THERE LYIN? IN HIS HAND WAS A NOTE AND IT READ, THANK YOU YOUNG MAN FOR LISTENING TO ALL THE THINGS I SAID. BUT THE FINAL WORDS I WOULD READ WOULD STRIKE ME TO THE CORE, SEE JESUS GAVE ME MY KEY TO MY DOOR.

2ND CHORUS: NOW THERE?S NOTHING MORE TO SAY OR DO, BECAUSE NOW OUR SAVIOR NOW HE IS HOLDING YOU. I?LL THINK OF YOU EVERY WINTER?S DAY, AND WHEN THE WIND BLOWS I KNOW I?LL HEAR YOU SAY. I HOPE YOU, HOPE YOU CAN SEE, HE GAVE ME A HOME WITH A KEY.



4/14/02