Madagascar

Album: Chinese Democracy (2008)
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  • I won't be told anymore
    That I've been brought down in this storm
    Uh and left so far out from the shore
    That I can't find my way back, my way anymore

    Oh no I won't be told anymore
    That I've been brought down in this storm
    And left so far out from the shore
    Oh that I can't find my way back, my way anymore

    No, I
    No, I

    Forgive them that tear down my soul
    And bless them that they might grow old
    And free them so that they may know
    That it's never too late

    For the many times what seemed like a memory
    I searched and found the ways you used to lure me in
    Oh, I found the ways, oh why it had to be
    Mired in denial and saw all the rain

    If we ever find it's true
    That we have the strength to choose
    Oh, freedom or the chains
    We have together

    I'm gonna tell you a story
    Stand up for righteousness
    What? (Stand up for justice)
    What? (Stand up for truth)
    How can a person grow up with all this around them?
    You got to call on that something
    Where does it come from?
    That can make a way out of no way
    All this hatred?
    What we've got here is
    (Fear)
    That power that can make a way out of now no way
    Failure to communicate
    I tell ya I seen the lightning
    I've heard the thunder roll
    Everybody's acting like we can do anything
    And it don't matter what we do
    Maybe we gotta be extra careful
    Because maybe it matters more than We even know
    Sometimes (hatred isn't somethin' you're born with)
    I feel discouraged, it gets taught
    Sometimes I feel discouraged, I felt this fear
    He promised never to leave me
    Never to leave me alone, no never alone, no never alone
    Let's get something straight, alright?
    Promised never to leave me
    This whole thing was fucked up
    Never to leave me alone
    All men betray all lose heart
    I don't want to lose heart, I want to believe
    Black men and white men together at the table of brotherhood
    I have a dream
    Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last

    Oh I won't be told anymore (if we ever find it's true)
    That I've been brought down in this storm (that we have the strength to choose)
    And left so far out from the shore (oh, freedom or the chains)
    That I can't find my way back, my way anymore (we have together)

    Oh no I won't be told anymore (if we ever find it's true)
    That I've been brought back in this storm (that we have the strength to choose)
    And left so far out from the shore (oh, freedom or the chains)
    That I can't find my way back, my way anymore (we have together)
    (Oh, oh) Writer/s: Axl Rose, Chris Pittman, Martin King, Jr.
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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