Lift 'Em On Up

Lately I been wastin' this hard, hard life

seems like nothin' ever turns out right

The day's too short, the nights too long

meet you in the middle if it turns out wrong, hey!

Johnny got a job, but it ain't no good

Nickels and Dimes, you know he never could

Seem to make it clean, I'm tellin' you

When the devil got your soul, there ain't much you can do

Now he prays for a light in the dark to lift 'em on up (lift 'em on up)

And he swears with his hand on his heart to lift 'em on up (lift 'em on up)

You can tear the night down and turn it inside out

Johnny looks around, but all he sees

is a tired old city livin' on its knees

Blue jean faces, fadin' fast

backs are breaking, but the hard times last

And now he, now he prays for a light in the dark to lift 'em on up (lift 'em on up)

And he swears with his hand on his heart to lift 'em on up (lift 'em on up)

You can tear the night down and turn it inside out

You can tear the night down

Yesterday's Johnny (Johnny, Johnny)

Johnny and me used to have a dream

if you ran real fast, it'd set you free

So we kept on running, but our legs got tired

and the dream just kinda faded when the spirit died, hey

(Lift 'em on up)

(Lift 'em on up)

And now he prays for a light in the dark to lift 'em on up (lift 'em on up)

And he swears with his hand on his heart to lift 'em on up (lift 'em on up)

You can tear the night down, you can tear the night down

You can tear the night down and turn it inside out

Lift 'em on up, lift 'em on up

Lift 'em on up, lift 'em on up