What Hope Have I?

They told me A with a K is a bad man's, big bad gun
B with a C is what a sad man, calls a good woman
C with a D is a drug, puts the devil in your head
And E with an F is written in stone, you see it seems, we forget

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From A down to Z
My country taught me (taught me)
Showed me (showed me)
Told me (told me)

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To give myself an education
To find myself a place to live in
To live myself a better life
Oh lord, what hope have I
To get myself a job to work in
To find myself a church to pray in
To live myself a better life
Oh lord, what hope have I

G with an H is a gangster and Howell
That hides the world from me
And J with the K is the one man who's good to me yeah
Set me free
L and M are the lies told by men
As they try to lead me to bed
An N with an O
You don't listen, you know
So many ways I've said

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Have I?
Have I?

Q is the long thin line, for those who have nothing
And P is for a man that makes money
From another man's suffering
S is for stones that are thrown at those
Who are different and weak
Oh tears come easy these days
God knows the price is cheap

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