Goodness
They shut the old mill down
So many good jobs went south
They put a prison in its place
So many good lives contained
Well have you seen them all
Rising for the altar call?
A taste of heaven
A taste of hell
When they're never gonna make it out
They're never gonna make it out
You are my brother
This much I know
I wanna let your goodness show
You are my sister
I have seen
I wanna let your goodness breathe
You are my family
Although I fought
You gave me all the good I've got
So I built an altar unto itself
You're never gonna let me out
You're never gonna let me out
I got some good plans of my own
Set off to watch my future grow
Like a good weed that I let
Take over my garden plants
So one day I dug it up
Washed my hands and shaved and cut
And it was then that I felt
Your goodness is my only help
Your goodness is my only help
So when I die will you dig my grave?
The only place I want to lay
Is right by you in the shade
A million nights, a million days
But there's a lifetime in between
I wanna set my goodness free
I feel my nature, it goes away
I will not keep, I will not stay
I will not keep, I will not stay
Yes I vote for things unseen
Yes I vote for things unseen
Yes I'm unsure of so many things
Unsure of so many things
I will not keep, I will not stay
I will not keep, I will not stay
Oh goodness, won't you come my way?
Another place, another day
Yes I know that I love this world
Yes I know I love this world
And yes I know that I love this world
Yes I know I love this world
And yes I know that I've loved this place
Yes I know I've loved this place
And yes I know that I'e loved your face
Oh goodness, won't you come my way?
Oh goodness, don't you fade away
Goodness, don't you fade away
I will not keep, I will not stay
Goodness, don't you fade away
Oh goodness, don't you fade away
My only goodness, don't you fade away
My only goodness, don't you fade away
So many good jobs went south
They put a prison in its place
So many good lives contained
Well have you seen them all
Rising for the altar call?
A taste of heaven
A taste of hell
When they're never gonna make it out
They're never gonna make it out
You are my brother
This much I know
I wanna let your goodness show
You are my sister
I have seen
I wanna let your goodness breathe
You are my family
Although I fought
You gave me all the good I've got
So I built an altar unto itself
You're never gonna let me out
You're never gonna let me out
I got some good plans of my own
Set off to watch my future grow
Like a good weed that I let
Take over my garden plants
So one day I dug it up
Washed my hands and shaved and cut
And it was then that I felt
Your goodness is my only help
Your goodness is my only help
So when I die will you dig my grave?
The only place I want to lay
Is right by you in the shade
A million nights, a million days
But there's a lifetime in between
I wanna set my goodness free
I feel my nature, it goes away
I will not keep, I will not stay
I will not keep, I will not stay
Yes I vote for things unseen
Yes I vote for things unseen
Yes I'm unsure of so many things
Unsure of so many things
I will not keep, I will not stay
I will not keep, I will not stay
Oh goodness, won't you come my way?
Another place, another day
Yes I know that I love this world
Yes I know I love this world
And yes I know that I love this world
Yes I know I love this world
And yes I know that I've loved this place
Yes I know I've loved this place
And yes I know that I'e loved your face
Oh goodness, won't you come my way?
Oh goodness, don't you fade away
Goodness, don't you fade away
I will not keep, I will not stay
Goodness, don't you fade away
Oh goodness, don't you fade away
My only goodness, don't you fade away
My only goodness, don't you fade away
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Writer(s): Jonathan Crane
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