[Intro]
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[Verse]
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I got nothing to prove,...I got nothing to sell...
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I'm not buying what you've got,..I ain't ringing no bells.
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I got a mint in my pocket, got a bullet in my teeth
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I'm going straight in the fire, I'm gonna talk to the high priest.
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..Used to be a lover, queen and a drifter
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A cowboy devil, a bride in a box, and
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A pilgrim and a thief, but it was me underneath..
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I just know who I'm not and that's alright with me..
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Alright,.....alright.....
[Refrain]
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..Can't tell me nothing babe, and that's a fact
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..I have been to the mountain and back, oh yeah
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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Well, I wish I was God,...but I'm glad that I'm not...
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'Cause I think too much,...got my head in a knot....
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The world's on fire, better save your brother
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..I've been a child and I've been a mother
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..I've been a victim and I've been a tumor
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Used to be your waitress but now I'm a consumer
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..I've been on food stamps, I've been outta my mind.
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I rolled in dirty dollars, stood in the welfare line.
[Refrain]
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..I've been a number, I've been under attack
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..I have been to the mountain and back
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Alright,.................
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alright..................
[Verse]
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..I've been a dancer, a saint, an assassin
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..I've been a nobody, a truck-driver shaman
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..So many seasons that I've been adrift
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..Sometimes I've wondered if I even exist...
[Bridge]
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..Do you ever walk down the street and Do you think to yourself
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being watched, man?.... on the list?...Well
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..I been called every name in the book, honey, Go on, take your best shot
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Take your best shot, take your best shot,...and I got my back to the gun you
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Aim at my heart, Go on, take your best shot, now
[Verse]
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..I Am the hunter and I Am the hunted
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..I am...a baby, I'm wanted
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..I'm an alchemist, teacher, I'm a sinner, I'm a preacher
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And I know that there's more here than this
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As I stare in the void of the black mountain vacuum
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I know the scent of death like a perfume, no, this ain't the end....
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This ain't the end, this ain't the end,...this ain't the end
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Ooh, take off your tired eyes, undress your goodbyes 'cause
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..I have been to the mountain.....
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..I have been to the mountain.....
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..I have been to the mountain.....
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..I have been to the mountain and back...
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Alright,.....alright.....
[Refrain]
D
..Can't tell me nothing babe, and that's a fact
C
..I have been to the mountain and back
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Alright,.................
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Alright,.................
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Alright,.................
[Outro]
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