Hold out Your Hand

I run a lot of miles of life and crime

And mountain climbs and quittin' times

Packing that load of lyin' rhymes

And tired jokes and wooden dimes

I've been everybody's friend, everybody's friend

I could lose my house, I could steal a car

I could serve two masters, living hard

Living like a dog in a cage in a yard

With a fist full of cold hard cash and I can't let go

The devil can't have my soul, the devil can't get your soul

The devil can't get your soul

Hold out your hand

Take hold of mine and then

'Round and 'round we go

Don't you wanna dance?

I'm a dying man

From the moment we began

Hold out your hand

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da

When the man comes around and the trumpet sounds

And his number calls and the moment he falls

And the haunted halls of man he will understand

He will comprehend, he will not pretend

He will not pretend

When the rain don't fall and the river don't run

And the wind takes orders from the blazing sun

The devil don't break for the fiery snake

And you've had about as goddamn much as you can take

The devil don't take a break, the devil don't take a break

The devil don't take no break

Hold out your hand

Take hold of mine and then

'Round and 'round we go

Don't you wanna dance?

I'm a dying man

From the moment we began

Hold out your hand

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da

Well, he came to my door to sell me the fear

With some cameras and bullets and tension and

Here is a license for killing your own native son

For a careless mistake and a fake plastic gun?

(Come on!)

Deliver your brother from violence and greed

For the mountains, lay down for your faith like a seed

A morning is coming of silver and light

There will be color and language and nobody wanting to fight

What a glorious sight!

What a glorious sight!

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da

Hold out your hand (ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da)

Take hold of mine and then (ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da)

'Round and round we go (ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da)

Don't you wanna dance? (Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da)

I'm a dying man (ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da)

From the moment we began (ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da)

Hold out your hand (ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da)

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da

Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da