Mister, You're a Better Man Than I - Manfred Mann

God loves a lullaby In a mother's tears in the dead of night Better than a Hallelujah sometimes God loves the drunkard's cry The soldier's plea not to let him die Better than a Hallelujah sometimes We pour out our miseries God just hears a melody Beautiful, the mess we are The honest cries of breaking hearts Are better than a Hallelujah The woman holding on for life The dying man giving up the fight Are better than a Hallelujah sometimes The tears of shame for what's been done The silence when the words won't come Are better than a Hallelujah sometimes We pour out our miseries God just hears a melody Beautiful, the mess we are The honest cries of breaking hearts Are better than a Hallelujah Better than a church bell ringing Better than a choir singing out, singing out We pour out our miseries God just hears a melody Beautiful, the mess we are The honest cries of breaking hearts Are better than a Hallelujah We pour out our miseries God just hears a melody Beautiful, the mess we are The honest cries of breaking hearts Are better than a Hallelujah (Better than a Hallelujah sometimes) Better than a Hallelujah (Better than a Hallelujah sometimes)

Long ago, there was a man who came Came and died for you You, you say you don't want to know But I've got to tell you the truth God, I will follow you because you died for me Gave to me your life to set me free Anyone who asks shall receive Jesus in your heart It's time for you to start Giving God all the glory More than a man, God almighty He created you He's the One, the One who rules the land He is the One I choose All of the glory today No matter what some people say All of your faith And your life will start to change

Cold as ice And more bitter than a December Winter night That's how I treated you And I know that I I sometimes tend to lose my temper And I cross the line Yeah, that's the truth I know it gets hard sometimes But I could never Leave your side No matter what I say 'Cause if I wanted to go, I would have gone by now But I really need you near me to Keep my mind off the edge If I wanted to leave, I would have left by now But you're the only one that knows me Better than I know myself All along I tried to pretend it didn't matter If I was alone But deep down I know If you were gone For even a day, I wouldn't know which way to turn 'Cause I'm lost without you I know it gets hard sometimes But I could never Leave your side No matter what I say 'Cause if I wanted to go, I would have gone by now But I really need you near me to Keep my mind off the edge If I wanted to leave, I would have left by now But you're the only one that knows me Better than I know myself I get kind of dark Let it go too far I can be obnoxious at times But try and see my heart 'Cause I need you now So don't let me down You're the only thing in this world I would die without 'Cause if I wanted to go, I would have gone by now But I really need you near me to Keep my mind off the edge If I wanted to leave, I would have left by now But you're the only one that knows me Better than I know myself 'Cause if I wanted to go, I would have gone by now But I really need you near me to Keep my mind off the edge If I wanted to leave, I would have left by now But you're the only one that knows me Better than I know myself

Oh yeah You don't have to be perfect And you don't have to be fine I'm just looking for someone That I can mine, all mine You just got to love me Would never put me on the shelf I'm looking for somebody Treat me better than I treat myself I don't need your richness And I don't need your fame I just need someone to answer me when I call your name I'm just looking for someone When I need a little help I'm just looking for somebody Treat me bеtter than I treat myself I'm looking for somеbody, gonna treat me right Someone to have, to hold me tight Tell me everything will be alright Don't mind making sweet loving every night If you say that you love me I don't need nobody else See I'm just looking for somebody Treat me better than I treat myself Ohh, I'm lookin' for somebody, treat me right Someone to have me home at night Tell me everything gonna be alright And don't mind making love at night If you say that you love me I won't need nobody else I'm just looking for somebody Treat me better than I treat myself I'm just looking for somebody Treat me better than I treat myself

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