bon jovi
bang a drum
I went to see the preacher  To teach me how to pray  He looked at me and smiled  Then the preacher turned away  He said if you want to tell him something  You ain't gotta fold your hands  Say it with your heart  Your soul and believe it  And I'd say amen   Bang a drum for the sinners  Bang a drum for the sins  Bang a drum for the losers  And those who win  Bang a drum bang it loudly  Or as soft as you need  Bang a drum for yourself son  And a drum for me   I called upon my brother just the  Other day, he said: John I'm gonna  Die if I don't start to live again  I work each day and night like clockwork  Just trying to make ends meet  I could kick this bad world's ass  If I could just get on my feet   I'd bang a drum for the dying  Bang a drum for the truth  Bang a drum for the innocence  Lost in our youth  Bang a drum bang it loudly  Or as soft as you need  Bang a drum for you brother  And a drum for me   I don't know where all the rivers run  I don't know how far, I don't know how come  But I'm gonna die believin'  Each step that I take  Ain't worth the ground that  I walk on  If we don't walk it our  Own way   No I don't claim to be a wise man  A poet or a saint  I'm just another man who's searching  For a better way  But my heart beats loud as thunder  For the things that I believe  Sometimes I wanna run for cover  Sometimes I want to scream   Bang a drum for tomorrow  Bang a drum for the past  Bang a drum for the heroes  That won't come back  Bang a drum for the promise  Bang a drum for the lies  Bang a drum for the lovers  And the tears they've cried  Bang a drum bang it loudly  Or as soft as you need  But as long as my heart keeps on bangin'  I got a reason to believe