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Stand by Jewel

Walk in a corner shop
See a shoplifting cop
See the old lady with a gun
See the (1)________ try to run
Nothing's what it seems, I mean
It's not all dirty, but it's not all clean
There's children paying bills
There's (2)__________ buying thrills
There's pride for sale in magazines
There's (3)__________ for (4)________ to (5)________ you clean
Marvin Gaye, there's no brother, brother
Woody Guthrie's land can't feed mother
Mothers weep, children sleep
So (6)________ violence ends in silence
It's a shame there's no one to blame
For all the pain that (7)________ brings
If you will
Just take me
It might just complete me
And together we can make a stand
A waitress brings me lunch
We meet but do not touch
On TV, DC is (8)______________ lies
While in the corner, King's dream dies
Go to the counter, pay for me and my friend
A homeless man pulls out a roll, says it's on him
The Mayor has no cash
He (9)________ he spent it on hookers and hash
Mothers weep, (10)________________ sleep
So much violence ends in silence
It's a shame there's no one to blame
For all the pain (11)________ life brings
If you will
Just take me
It might just complete me
And together we can make a stand

You will love me
I (12)________ love you
You (13)________ love me
I will love you
Mothers weep, (14)________________ sleep
So (15)________ violence ends in silence
It's a shame there's no one to blame
For all the pain that life brings
If you will
Just take me
It (16)__________ just complete me
And together we can (17)________ a stand
Mothers weep, children sleep
So much violence ends in silence
It's a shame there's no one to blame
For all the pain that life brings
If you will
Just take me
It might (18)________ complete me
And (19)________________ we can make a stand
Mothers weep, children sleep
So much (20)________________ (21)________ in silence
It's a (22)__________ there's no one to blame
For all the pain that life brings
If you will
Just take me
It might (23)________ (24)________________ me
(And together we can make a stand)

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