The Gods Of Men (LP Version)-Randy Stonehill

[ti:The Gods Of Men] [ar:Randy Stonehill] [al:Our Recollections] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Gods Of Men (LP Version) - Randy Stonehill [00:24.66]I used to dream of being famous [00:27.68]Well my name would be [00:29.20]A household word [00:31.26] [00:32.00]I thought that it would thrill me [00:33.52]Then I saw that it could kill me [00:35.16]Now it strikes me as a little absurd [00:38.28]I used to dream of being Don Juan [00:41.81]Of having all these pretty girls [00:43.69]On my mind [00:45.10]It made shambles of my mind [00:47.26]So I found myself a wife [00:48.69]Who's a lover and a friend of mine [00:52.28]As the world keeps turning around [00:57.46] [00:59.42]You either learn to bend with the wind [01:01.97]Or it knocks you down [01:05.41] [01:06.10]Turn your back on the gods of men [01:11.38] [01:13.33]And the Lord who is true [01:15.23]Will give life back to you again [01:18.55] [01:24.05]I used to dream of being a rich man [01:26.85] [01:27.51]Yeah I swore I'd have it all someday [01:30.26] [01:31.17]Once you chase it [01:31.77]You will find that it isn't worth a dime [01:34.38]Until you're free enough to give it away [01:37.52]And I used to dream of chasing vengance [01:40.82] [01:41.40]All my enemies would crawl and sweat [01:44.01] [01:44.67]Well my happiness was drained [01:46.20]From reliving all the pain [01:48.64]Now I'm learning to forgive and forget [01:51.27]As the world keeps turning around [01:56.68] [01:58.64]You either learn to bend with the wind [02:01.43]Or it knocks you down [02:04.88] [02:05.57]Turn your back on the gods of men [02:11.29] [02:12.98]And the Lord who is true [02:14.76]Will give life back to you again [02:18.49] [02:23.46]Turn your back on the gods of men [02:29.54] [02:37.17]I used to dream of being a wanderer [02:39.88] [02:40.61]With just my sneakers and my own guitar [02:43.31] [02:43.84]Well it got lonely right away [02:45.71]Now I'm happy just to play [02:47.50]With my daughter in my own back yard [02:50.45]And I used to dream of being a hero [02:53.56] [02:54.32]Yeah I told myself I'd never fall down [02:57.16] [02:58.07]But I couldn't take the strain [02:59.73]And Jesus is the name [03:01.40]Of the only hero I've ever found [03:04.73]As a word [03:06.38] [03:07.76]As turning you run [03:10.25] [03:18.62]Turn your back [03:20.40] [03:21.54]As going something [03:24.69] [03:25.95]And the Lord who is true [03:27.62]Will give life back to you again [03:29.82]And the Lord who is true [03:31.16]Will give life back to you again [03:33.55]And the Lord who is true [03:34.77]Will give life back to you again [03:37.03]Love you love you love you [03:39.87] [03:46.57]Turn you again [03:47.82] [03:50.15]And the lord minds [03:53.37] [03:53.97]To you again [03:55.78] [03:57.26]To you again [03:59.09] [04:00.28]As the Lord minds [04:03.11] [04:04.18]Yeah