THE GOOD NEWS

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Spent my commission on another diversion

And I don't got no meaning, no purpose left at all

My pastor tells me that my, my light is dimming

And I've been too long drifting in a ocean

"It's OK, you just need faith"

Been looking for answers in the wrong place

But how do I tell him that there's something missing

And I don't got no substance since you've gone?

 

Every day I walk down to the water and I pray

Since you left me that way

Oh Lord I'm trying to keep my mind

On the good news

That's in my heart

 

For the good good news

For the good good news

Since my baby left my light refuses to shine

Like a bird without a song or a sun that will not rise

 

Now I can make the eyes at anyone that I desire

Throwing down with all the lost boys

At the very edge of town

Now I can spin a lie that binds me

Up all through the night

Cause I've got

No one home to answer to this time

Every day is a repeat

Like a carrier bag

Stuck in a tree

I used to find my answers

In the gospels of St. John

But now I find them

At the bottom of this shot glass

 

Every day I walk down to the water and I pray

Since you left me that way

Oh Lord I'm trying to keep my mind

On the good news

That's in my heart

 

For the good good news

For the good good news

(Don't got no meaning and I don't got no purpose)

For the good news

(Can't find comfort and I can't find no solace)

Since my baby left my light refuses to shine

Like a bird without a song or a sun that will not rise