I want to see the preacher,
to teach me how to pray
He looked at me and smiled
then that preacher turned away
He said, if you want to
tell them something
You ain't gotta fold your hands
Say it with your heart,
your soul and believe it
And I say, man
Bang a drum for the sinners
Bang a drum for the sins
Bang a drum for the losers
And those who win
Bang a drum, bang it loudly
Or a song that you need
Bang a drum for yourself, son
And a drum for me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Let me hear say yeah, yeah
Hallelujah, amen
I called upon my brother
Just the other day
He said, John, I'm gonna die
If I don't start to live again
I work each day and night like clockwork
Just trying to make ends meet
I could kick this bad world's
If I could just get on my feet
I bang a drum for the dying
Bang a drum for the truth
Bang a drum for the innocents
Lost in our youth
Bangin' low, bangin' loudly
Or as soft as you need
Bang a drum for your brother
And a drum for me
I don't know where all the rivers run
I don't know how far
I don't know how far
Without words I believe
And each step that I take
Came with the ground,
now I'm all alone
No more to keep my love
I don't claim to be a wise man,
a poet or a saint
Just another man
who's searching for a better way
Put my heart beat loud as thunder
For the things that I believe
Sometimes I wanna run
for cover
Sometimes I wanna scream
Bang a drum for tomorrow
Bang a drum for the past
Bangin' drum for the heroes
that won't come back
Bangin' drum for the promised
Bangin' drum for the lies
Bangin' drum for the lovers
and the tears they've cried
Bangin' drum, bangin' loud, yeah
For as long as you need
For as long as my heart keeps on bangin'
I got a reason, I got reason
To me
Oh yeah
Yeah
Hallelujah baby
Let me hear you say yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Oh yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Yeah
Hallelujah baby
Come on now
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah, oh yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Yeah, hallelujah, amen
Alright girls
Yeah
Brother
Yeah, oh yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Yeah, hallelujah, amen
You wrote a 15 year old boy
straight into his grave
and the rest of us, straight to hell.