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Chris Rea – Lampiou Lyrics

Rock

Dark is the morning
On this fateful day
Lord knows I try to live
The way the good Lord say
But they cheated on me
With their book of lies
Now they're staring all the way through me
With their careless, coward eyes

Now they leave me
With a choice of two
To lose their way
Or do what Lampião do

What turns a good man
To the sword and gun?
When you steal his dignity
Leave him nowhere to run

I hear the devil
I hear his voice
If I pull the trigger
Is it really out of choice?

You say yes because you can
Walk away
Without your clothes
On such a cold, bleak day

God say they only get to
Sit on high
Because their stairways
Are all built on fear and lies

So if you tell me
There's no other way
Maybe I ask the devil
Maybe listen what he say

In Lampião's way
There is no return
There's no way back
And all your bridges you must burn

The toughest of decisions
Between the trigger and the knife
Does the balance of God's own justice
Need the taking of a life?

Now they leave me
With a choice of two
To lose their way
Or do what Lampião do

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