Tom: Am
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When I was a young boy
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My daddy sat me down
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He said "son, don’t you never go"
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To the dark side of town
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I'm talking downtown Memphis
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See, that’s where the black folk play"
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And I said Yes sir daddy
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And then I snuck down any-way
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See never was taught to read none
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No never taught to write
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The only thing my daddy taught
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Was white should stay with white
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But I heard it through the alleys
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It floated on the breeze
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It burst out through the doorways
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And it knocked me to my knees
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It broke down all of my sen-ses
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Yet make me feel so whole
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See I was lost until I found
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The music of my soul
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The music of my soul
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And then one day my daddy died
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And we laid him in his grave
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And my mama she cried and cried and cried
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And prayed that he’d be saved
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But all I felt was pity
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For he never understood
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How could people be so bad
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Who made me feel so good
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It went right through my body
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It grabbed me by my heart
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It shot up from my fingertips
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And tore me right apart
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It broke down all my sen-ses
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Yet made me feel so whole
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And I will love it til the day I die
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The music of my soul
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It broke down all my senses
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Yet made me feel so whole
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See I was lost until I found
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I was deaf until I heard
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I’ll make this world come around to
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The music of my soul
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The music of my________Soul
