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i didn't know the man himself
even though his music filled my life
as it has so many others
i didn't know the man himself
even though his music filled my life
as it has so many others
denied a simpler fate
he tried to be a soldier once but his music wouldn't wait
he earned his love through discipline
denied a simpler fate
he tried to be a soldier once but his music wouldn't wait
he earned his love through discipline
they lowered him down and they put the dirt on him ashes to ashes to jesus a prayer
well the old man's gone and of course his music went with him
and there's a sadness about him you know it seems strange to say
they lowered him down and they put the dirt on him ashes to ashes to jesus a prayer
well the old man's gone and of course his music went with him
and there's a sadness about him you know it seems strange to say
now everything sings of what could have been
in a different key. his music's free
she once longed for a nobody
now everything sings of what could have been
in a different key. his music's free
she once longed for a nobody