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 When I was a young boy
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 My daddy sat me down
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 He said "son, don’t you never go"
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To the dark side of town
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 I'm talking downtown Memphis
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 See, that’s where the black folk play"
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 And I said Yes sir daddy
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And then I snuck down any-way

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 See never was taught to read none
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 No never taught to write
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 The only thing my daddy taught
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Was white should stay with white

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 But I heard it through the alleys
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 It floated on the breeze
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 It burst out through the doorways
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And it knocked me to my knees
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 It broke down all of my sen-ses
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 Yet make me feel so whole
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 See I was lost until I found
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The music of   my   soul
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The music of   my   soul

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 And then one day my daddy died
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 And we laid him in his grave
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 And my mama she cried and cried and cried
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And prayed that he’d be  saved
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 But all I felt was pity
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 For he never understood
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 How could people be so bad
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Who made me feel so  good
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 It went right through my body
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 It grabbed me by my heart

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 It shot up from my fingertips
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 And tore me right apart

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 It broke down all my sen-ses
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 Yet made me feel so whole
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 And I will love it til the day I die

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The music of  my  soul
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 It broke down all my senses
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 Yet made me feel so whole
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 See I was lost until I found
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 I was deaf until I heard

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 I’ll make this world come around to

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The music of  my  soul
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The music of  my________Soul