Charlene - Used To Be lyrics

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With Stevie Wonder<br />

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Superman was killed in Dallas<br />

There's no love left in the palace<br />

Someone took the Beatles' lead guitar<br />

Have another Chivas Regal<br />

You're 12 years old and sex is legal<br />

Your parents don't know where or who you are<br />

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Used to be the hero of the ballgame<br />

Took the time to shake the loser's hand<br />

Used to be that failure only meant you didn't try<br />

In a world where people gave a damn<br />

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Great big wars in little places<br />

Look at all those frightened faces<br />

But don't come here, we just don't have the room<br />

Love thy neighbours wife and daughter<br />

Cleanse your life with Holy water<br />

We don't need to bathe, we've got perfume<br />

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Used to be a knight in shining armour<br />

Didn't have to own a shiny car<br />

Dignity and courage were the measure of a man<br />

Not the drugs he needs to hide the scar<br />

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Can your teacher read, does your preacher pray<br />

Does your president have soul<br />

Have you heard a real good ethnic joke today<br />

Mama took to speed and daddy ran away<br />

But you mustn't lose control<br />

Let's cut the class, I got some grass<br />

The kids are wild we just can't tame 'em<br />

Do we have the right to blame them<br />

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We fed them all our indecisions<br />

We wrecked their minds with television<br />

But what the hell, they're too young to feel pain<br />

But I believe that love can save tomorrow<br />

Believe the truth can make us free<br />

Someone tried to say it, then we nailed Him to a cross<br />

I guess it's still the way it used to be