| Yesterday we lost a life
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| And we say, «what, another one?»
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| No one cares, so why should I
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| So we go right on having fun
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| Yet who knows what tomorrow brings, yeah
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| Take a look at what the future holds
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| Broken lives and shattered dreams
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| More to come I’m being told
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| We’re living in such a mean world
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| Glad I’m headed for a better place
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| Come on, why not meet me there
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| To miss all this would be a waste
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| We’re living in such a mean world
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| Glad I’m headed for a better place
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| Oh, yeah, headed for a better place
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| We talk about a better world
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| Then they prove that talk is cheap
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| Sending aid to outer space
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| While our homeless walk the streets
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| Their calling right what’s really wrong
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| (That's what we do)
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| Calling love what isn’t love
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| Headed straight for no return, yeah
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| Only hope is from above
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| We’re living in such a mean world
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| I’m headed for a better place, yes, I am
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| So come on, why not meet me there
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| To miss all this would be a waste
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| We’re living in such a mean world, yes, we are
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| Glad I’m headed for a better place
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| Said, yes, I am, yes, I am
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| I’m headed for a better place, yeah
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| Oh, yeah, yeah
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| Headed for a better place
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| (Better accommodations)
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| Yes, we are
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| A better place
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| (No more racial tension)
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| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, a better place
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| (Previous song I mentioned)
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| I said a better place
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| (Heaven is what I live for)
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| That’s right, a better place
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| Don’t you know I’m going, y’all
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| Hey, I said a better place
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| Look, wait
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| Wait, one more thing, before I go
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| What, BeBe?
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| You’ve been invited to a better place
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| A better place
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| Yeah, yeah
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| I’m going, yeah
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| It’s a B-E-T-T-E-R P-L-A-C-E… |