Stand By Me-Sam Levine

[00:03.23]stand`by [00:03.24]walk in a corner shop [00:10.98]see a shoplifting cop [00:13.72]see the old lady with a gun [00:15.00]see the hero try 2 run [00:16.54]nothing's what it seems, i mean [00:18.51]it's not all dirty, but it's not all clean [00:18.51]there's children paying bills [00:21.46]there's monks buying thrills [00:23.34]there's pride for sale in magazines [00:25.56]there's pills for rent 2 make u clean [00:27.00]marvin gaye, there's no brother, brother [00:27.74]woody guthrie's land can't feed mother [00:27.74] [00:31.76]mothers weep, children sleep [00:35.00]so much violence ends in silence [00:40.19]it's a shame there's no one 2 blame [00:44.40]for all the pain that life brings [00:44.55]if u will just take me it might just complete me [00:45.48]and together we can make a stand [00:44.19] [00:44.55]a waitress brings me lunch [00:45.48]we meet but do not touch [00:47.98]on tv, d.c. is selling lies [00:49.61]while in the corner, king's dream dies [00:51.24]go 2 the counter, pay for me and my friend [00:53.50]a homeless man pulls out a roll, says it's on him [00:55.78]the mayor has no cash [01:02.10] [01:02.75]mothers weep, children sleep [01:06.57]so much violence ends in silence [01:11.07]it's a shame there's no one 2 blame [01:15.62]for all the pain that life brings [01:17.77]if u will just take me it might just complete me [01:19.73]and together we can make a stand [01:20.27] [01:23.30]u will love me, i will love u [01:24.91] [01:26.46]mothers weep, children sleep [01:28.71]so much violence ends in silence [01:30.98]it's a shame there's no one 2 blame [01:33.66]for all the pain that life brings [01:35.42]if u will just take me it might just complete me [01:37.45]andtogether we can make a stand