I Made A Resolution

[00:08.53] Well I woke up this morning
[00:09.79] And I made a resolution
[00:13.15] I said, "I'm never going to sing
[00:15.96] Another sad song again."
[00:18.51] I decided I'd admit it
[00:22.78] I am not an intellectual
[00:25.87] No the words, they never come easy
[00:29.79] Unless I'm singing them
[00:32.01] And the hills that I was born in
[00:36.40] Will never leave me
[00:38.42] No matter how hard I try
[00:41.99] And then my brother was murdered
[00:54.36] While my father was in prison
[00:56.92] And the girl that I sometimes loved
[00:59.83] Up and moved away
[01:02.65] And my body filled up with blackness
[01:06.80] And the darkness, it wanted to drown me
[01:10.31] And I heard my father's footsteps catching up to me
[01:15.94] And he took me by the shoulders
[01:20.40] And he said, "Son, my hands are strong
[01:24.54] But I hope you have the strength to shake us free
[01:28.62] Shake us free, boy
[01:33.67] Shake us free, my son
[01:37.31] You'd better shake us free."
[01:41.63] And now I'm lying in a van
[02:34.82] In Chicago in the springtime
[02:38.53] And the rain outside that's falling
[02:40.71] Sounds just like popcorn
[02:43.84] But before I open my eyes
[02:48.08] I think I'll make this resolution
[02:51.40] "No, I'm never going to sing another
[02:54.38] Sad song for as long as I live!"
[02:57.48] And the light coming through the window
[03:01.95] Is making everything glow
[03:05.24] And he took me by the shoulders and he said
[03:09.39] "Son, I know my hands are strong
[03:12.94] But I hope you have the strength
[03:17.41] To shake us free
[03:30.29] Shake us free
[03:31.15] Shake us free
[03:31.62] Shake us free, my son!"
[03:32.82] I made a resolution
[03:35.34] I made a resolution
[03:40.38] I made a resolution
[03:42.34] I made a resolution
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