Now That I Know lyrics

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Now that I know
The way it goes
You gotta pay back every penny that you owe

Twelve years old
In your mama`s clothes
Shut the blinds and lock up every door

And if you hear
Someone`s comin near
Just close your eyes and make them disappear now

Years away
Finds me here today
On my own, always on my way now

So I send my friends
Gifts from where I`ve been
Something for the hand they`re never there to lend

Better keep those eyes
Climbing paradise
And don`t pretend you won`t reach it in the end now

Dearest dear
I know you been here
Why`d you run tell me why`d you disappear now

That you`re not
Here with me
Seems to be the only time that I can see you clearly

I may not know
How to treat or give you what you need
But I am a gentleman who says what he means now

And now I sing
Upon my knees
And praise the kindness of a gentle breeze

I see it swell
Like a story in me to tell
Told years away and past my baby dying

So you raise them up
To heaven always hell
they`re unaware, share, give a hand to help son

Oh you give them away
But they`ll come back to you someday
Wanna know why nobody was ever there to help them

And no it ain`t fair
And if God forbid you care
It`s enough to get you in a whole lotta trouble

Oh realize
It ain`t wise to idealize
Or put your life in the hands of any struggle

Never renounce
Or ever claim to be
And never buy that freedom just ain`t free now

Ella sang
Sifting in the sand
Like a hymn within to help us understand

Heaven awaits
We`re making our stand
Glory bound and sparrow in our hand

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