Kevin Devine – Heaven Bound Glory Be (Ukulele)

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A reporter in a jailroom, whispering her source to a dying bulb

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While the prince is in a fable, peaceful in his cradle, 

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convinced of the impossible:

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All those wicked words I used to build my wild Western 

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truth

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I was just following the rules. Yeah, I did what I had to 

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do.

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So now its later than it needs to be

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And in the dulcet tones of dream

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The prince atop his chariot,

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Heaven bound & glory be.

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A mother in a market chases after children that she barely knows

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While the father on the barstool, dropped off by his 

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carpool, is playing a familiar role:

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I used to be a conquering king. I watched the slow stars 

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shoot & swing.

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When I'd wake, the world would sing. Now, I can't hear 

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anything.

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So now its later than it needs to be

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And while his stranger family sleeps

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The king looks for his castle,

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Heaven bound & glory be.

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There's a myth we must've made

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One we're spreading every day

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In every dying dream we grieve

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The humming hole we fight & feed

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It's the loving lives we long for

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Heaven bound & glory be

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A man in a hotel room, tangled to his teeth by the 

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telephone

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He's waiting on a woman, wondering what she's doing, and 

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pacing so his pulse won't slow.

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He drums his legs and pulls his hair; he carves her dimples 

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in the air.

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The raging world has spooked him scared, and he don't want 

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her lost out there.

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So now it's later than it needs to be

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And though his aching eyes want sleep

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Against all rationality

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Against everything he believes

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He prays for her protection,

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Heaven bound & glory be.

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He prays for her protection,

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Heaven bound & gloooooooooory beeeeeeee. Ohhh

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And I pray for your protection, heaven bound and glory be