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Almost Like The Blues Lyrics
I saw some people starving
There was murder, there was rape
Their villages were burning
They were trying to escape
I couldn't meet their glances
I was staring at my shoes
It was acid, it was tragic
It was almost like the blues
It was almost like the blues
I have to die a little
Between each murderous thought
& when I'm finished thinking
I have to die a lot
There's torture & there's killing
& there's all my bad reviews
The war, the children missing
Lord, it's almost like the blues
It's almost like the blues
So I let my heart get frozen
To keep away the rot
My father says I'm chosen
My mother says I'm not
I listened to their story
Of the Gypsies & the Jews
It was good, it wasn't boring
It was almost like the blues
It was almost like the blues
There is no God in Heaven
& there is no Hell below
So says the great professor
Of all there is to know
But I've had the invitation
That a sinner can't refuse
& it's almost like salvation
It's almost like the blues
It's almost like the blues
Almost like the blues
There was murder, there was rape
Their villages were burning
They were trying to escape
I couldn't meet their glances
I was staring at my shoes
It was acid, it was tragic
It was almost like the blues
Between each murderous thought
& when I'm finished thinking
I have to die a lot
There's torture & there's killing
& there's all my bad reviews
The war, the children missing
Lord, it's almost like the blues
To keep away the rot
My father says I'm chosen
My mother says I'm not
I listened to their story
Of the Gypsies & the Jews
It was good, it wasn't boring
It was almost like the blues
& there is no Hell below
So says the great professor
Of all there is to know
But I've had the invitation
That a sinner can't refuse
& it's almost like salvation
It's almost like the blues
Almost like the blues
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Submitted by
vchamberlain On Sep 24, 2014
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