Preacher

Album: Native (2013)
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  • When I was a kid, I used to buy and sell gravity
    I knew how to fly, and I would teach you for a fee
    Broke every window in my hotel heart
    When I was only 5 years old, the 12 years scar
    But I'd hear the same voice echo in my mind
    See son you got an angel, to chase the devil at night, yeah

    When I was a kid, my grandfather was a preacher
    He'd talk about God, yeah he was something like a teacher
    He said God only helps those
    Who learn to help themselves
    He was a million miles from a million dollars
    But you can never spend his wealth
    I took a little faith, and put it in a parking lot
    I drove to a strange town, full of have and have notes
    Yeah, and as I walk through that storybook life
    I'll be looking for an angel, to chase the devil at night, whoa

    When I was a kid, my grandfather was a preacher
    He'd talk about love, yeah he was something like a teacher
    He said God only helps those
    Who learn to help themselves
    He was a million miles from a million dollars
    But you can never spend his wealth

    Wave, put your hands up, and hands down
    Wave, put your hands up, and hands down
    Wave, put your hands up, and hands down

    When I was a kid, my grandfather was a preacher
    He'd talk about life, yeah he was something like a teacher
    He said God only helps those
    Who learn to help themselves
    He was a million miles from a million dollars
    But you can never spend his wealth

    He was a million miles from a million dollars
    But you can never spend his wealth Writer/s: BRENT MICHAEL KUTZLE, BRIAN WILLETT, RYAN TEDDER
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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