Bang a Drum

Jon Bon Jovi

I went to see the  preacher to  teach me how to  pray
He looked at me and  smiled then that  preacher turned away
He said "Son, 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'll  say
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 
 Oh-oh- oh-oh-oh oh  oh let me hear you say:
Yeah, yeah  Hallelujah amen
 
I called upon my  brother just the  other  day,
He said: "Jon, 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
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 heros 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
 Yeah  yeah oh yeah  oh let me hear you say:
Yeah, yeah  Hallelujah amen 
 Yeah  yeah oh yeah  oh let me hear you say:
Yeah, yeah  Hallelujah amen