That song, Again!

I can't really get Stevie Wonder's song "Used to be" out of my head. My older brother had already posted the lyrics of the song here so that I would not have to lose sleep trying to find the words but my memory is not how it used to be. I consider the song the best song ever written and the way it is sung is...hmmm...touching. It touches many things from family to church to human rights etc. but without the anger and the bitterness (well, in the way it is sung, I suppose) of folk singers. And the ending is so appropriate. Maybe this song should be sung in churches. I'm posting the lyrics here.

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Used To Be

by Charlene and Stevie Wonder

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Superman was killed in Dallas

There's no love left in the palace

Someone took the Beatles lead guitar

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Have another Chivas Regal

You're twelve years oldAnd sex is legal

Your parents don't know where Or who you are

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Used to be the hero

Of the ball game

Took the time to shake

The loser's hand

Used to be that failure

Only meant you didn't try

In a world where people Gave a damn

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Great big wars in little places

Look at all those frightened faces

But don't come hereWe just don't have the room

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Love thy neighbor's wife and daughter

Cleanse your life with holy water

We don't need to bathe

We've got perfume

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Used to be a knight in shining armor

Didn't have to own a shiny car

Dignity and courage

Were the measure of a man

Not the drugs he needs

To hide the scar Whoa, oh, oh, oh....

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Can your teacher read

Does your preacher pray

Does your president have soul

Have you heard a real good Ethnic joke today

Mama took her speed

Daddy ran away

But you musn't lose control

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Let's cut a class

I got some grass

The kids are wild

We just can't tame em

Do we have the rightTo blame em

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We fed em all our indecision

We raped their minds with television

But what the hellThey're too young to feel pain

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I believe thatLove can save tomorrow

I believe the truthCan make us free

Someone tried to say it

And we nailed him to a cross

I guess it's still the wayIt used to be