Ritt Momney《(If) the Book Doesn t Sell》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:09.22]More so than me [00:12.68]She knows my name [00:16.30]And more so than me [00:19.86]Understands this pain [00:23.66]I'm either too lost [00:27.21]Or not lost enough [00:30.71]I think I'm too smart [00:34.26]For this type of love [00:37.72]I wasn't sent off [00:41.50]But straight to the ground [00:44.70]And I know God best [00:48.12]Is one with no crown [00:51.83]Don't know why the past affects me in this way [00:55.54]Don't know where I'll go if I leave here today [00:59.59]But I know my limits and you're not the type [01:03.15]To be fooling around in this way [01:06.10]No reason you're here but there's reasons to stay [01:09.70]Not as easy to know as it's easy to say [01:13.81]'Cause to my family and my friends [01:16.37]I can't think of one thing [01:19.21]That I gain [01:22.53]But more for me [01:26.37]And more for me [01:30.40]More for me [01:39.17]Age 14 at midnight I hear voices from the kitchen [01:42.77]I let my feet follow the [01:44.21]Sound as I let my ears listen [01:46.53]I walk upstairs and at the kitchen table [01:49.13]I can see [01:50.07]That God is sitting with the devil [01:51.92]Sharing drinks and old stories [01:53.92]The floorboard creaks [01:55.01]A red embarrassment floods all throughout God's face [01:57.50]He swears that it's not what it looks like [01:59.89]Then he swears he can explain [02:01.30]The Devil speaks [02:02.31]Your God and I put all our differences [02:04.58]To rest and a man's actions are his own [02:07.33]But man will blame us nonetheless [02:09.14]The devil stands he grabs his keys [02:10.93]And straightens out a rusted crown [02:13.04]He tells me hell is frozen over [02:14.98]Heaven burned down to the ground [02:16.92]And you have only got one life [02:18.81]So do with it what you would like [02:20.54]We solemnly apologize [02:22.59]But we won't be there when you die [02:24.44]And I stand cold and alone in a body that won't move [02:28.87]Watching the eyes of these Gods that I once knew [02:32.69]One pair looks down in a half-hearted lie [02:36.13]While the other looks straight [02:38.08]Into mine with a whole truth [02:40.42]Lacking the fear I've been told that God deserves [02:44.13]I say what good is a prayer that goes unheard [02:48.07]He says what hope could they find in a book [02:51.50]If the book doesn't sell and the pages stay unturned [03:03.73]With a wink the devil [03:04.85]Turns and exits the back door [03:06.59]And God is standing there in [03:08.16]Silence with his eyes glued to the floor [03:10.64]But then he speaks [03:11.38]I am no savior but I give them what they need [03:14.43]And there has never been a [03:15.82]Dreamer who prefers reality [03:18.28]The war for truth is raging on [03:20.11]But it's not one you have to fight [03:22.08]And if it is the truth you want [03:24.02]Then it is hope you'll sacrifice [03:25.77]It's yours to choose [03:29.81]And you can choose [03:34.32]This is not the way I am [03:35.96]This is just how I was raised [03:37.78]So let me make up my own mind [03:39.91]Let me map out my own way [03:41.62]And to the parents of the kids [03:43.72]Whose tongues are in their throats [03:45.38]Because of tears that you will [03:46.74]Cry if they don't stick to what they know [03:49.10]I'm sure you're giving it your best [03:51.03]And I am sure it takes a toll [03:52.84]But whether God given or not [03:54.85]Our lives are not to be controlled [03:56.69]Just let us choose