Bang a Drum

                                  I went to see the preacher, to teach me how to pray

He looked at me and smiled, then that preacher turned away

Said, "If you want to tell him something, you ain't gotta fold your hands.

Say it with your heart, your soul, and believe it, and I'll say, Amen."



Bang a drum for the sinners, bang a drum for your sins

Bang a drum for the losers and those who win

Bang a drum, bang it loudly, or as soft as you need

Bang a drum for yourself son, and a drum for me



Well I called upon my brother, just the other day

He said, "Jon, I'm gonna die if I don't start to live again.

I work each day and night like clockwork, just tryin' to make ends meet.

Well I could kick this bad world's ass if I could just get on my feet."



Bang a drum for the dying, bang a drum for the truth

Bang a drum for the innocence, lost in our youth

Bang a drum, bang it loudly, or as soft as you need

Bang a drum for your brother, and a drum for me



I don't know where all the rivers run

I don't know how far, I don't know how come

But I'm gonna die believin, with each step that I take

Ain't worth the ground that I walk if we don't walk it our own way



I don't claim to be a wise man, a poet, or a Saint

Just another man who's searchin' for a better way

But my heart beats loud as thunder, for the things that I believe

Sometimes I want to run for cover, sometimes I want to scream



Bang a drum for the tomorrow, bang a drum for the past

Bang a drum for heroes, who won't come back

Bang a drum for the promise, bang a drum for the lies

Bang a drum for the lovers, and the tears they cry

Bang a drum bang it loudly, or as soft as you need



But as long as my heart keeps on banging, I've got a reason to believe