Andrew Peterson – Hosea (Guitar)

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Well every time I lay in the bed beside you,

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I hear the sound of the streets of the city.

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My belly growls like a hungry wolf

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And I let it prowl till my belly's full.

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Hosea, my heart is a stone.

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So please believe me when I say I'm sorry,

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Hosea, Hosea,

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You loveable, gullible man.

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I tell you that my love is true

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Till it fades away like a morning dew.

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Hosea, just leave me alone.

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Here I am in the Valley of Trouble.

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Just look at the bed that I've made:

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Badlands as far as I can see.

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Well there's no one here but me, Hosea.

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Well I stumbled and fell in the road on the way home,

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Hosea, Hosea.

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I lay in the brick street like a stray dog.

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You came to me like a silver moon

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With the saddest smile I ever knew.

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Hosea carried me home      again.

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Ho-o-o-me again.

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You called me out to the Valley of Trouble

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Just to look at the mess that I've made,

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A barren place where nothing can grow.

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One look and my stone heart crumbled

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It was a valley as green as jade.

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I swear it was the color of hope.

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You turned a stone into a rose, 

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Hosea, Hosea

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I sang and I danced like I did as a young girl,

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Hosea, Hosea.

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I am a slave and a harlot no more.

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You washed me clean like a summer rain

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And you set me free with that ball and chain.

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Hosea, I threw away the key.

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I'll never leave.