Etheridge Melissa Testify Lyrics

Testify Lyrics

Morning's hard coffee's cold
Pretending that the days mean more than getting
old
Stale headlines other drenched in pride
Marching to their drum with
fear standing beside
But if I close my eyes and throw back my head
I can
see his face and I hear the words he said
And my memories ache and my senses
burn
Did he dream too late will we ever learn
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I, I want to
testify
My love still lives and breathes
And my soul is screaming
why
The thoughts won't let me sleep
Don't let hearts break
And don't
let children cry
Before it gets too late
I want to testify
I take
what's said as my daily dread
I turn the page and I turn my head
I pick I
choose on the evening news
Cause by cause they fight and one by one they
lose
Must I live my days in these concrete ways
Will the fire break
through this smokey haze
And I swear tonight I'm gonna find that
place
It's not the love that dies but the understanding
ways
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Rip through the wire that screens in my window
Throw open
the shade that covers my mind
I'm going to touch I've got to believe
The
bell tolls for me
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