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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 hero try to run
Nothing's what it seems, I mean
It's not all dirty, but it's not all clean
There's (1)________________ paying bills
There's monks (2)____________ thrills
There's pride for sale in magazines
There's pills for rent to (3)________ you clean
Marvin Gaye, there's no brother, brother
Woody Guthrie's land can't feed mother
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 just complete me
And (4)________________ we can (5)________ a stand
A waitress brings me lunch
We meet but do not touch
On TV, DC is selling lies
While in the corner, King's (6)__________ 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 said he spent it on hookers and hash
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 just complete me
And together we can make a stand

You will (7)________ me
I will love you
You will love me
I will love you
Mothers weep, children sleep
So much violence (8)________ 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 just complete me
And together we can make 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 just complete me
And together we can make 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 (9)________ life brings
If you will
Just (10)________ me
It might just complete me
(And together we can make a stand)

Answers:
(1) children(2) buying(3) make(4) together(5) make(6) dream(7) love(8) ends(9) that(10) take