Lift em on Up

<br>Lately I been wastin this hard, hard life<br><br>Seems like nothin ever turns out right<br><br>The days too short, the nights too long<br><br>Meet you in the middle if it turns out wrong<br><br>Johnny got a job but it aint no good<br><br>Nickels and dimes you know he never could<br><br>Seem to make it clean, Im tellin you<br><br>When the devil got your soul<br><br>There aint much you can do<br><br><br><br>Now he prays for a light in the dark<br><br>To lift `em on up (lift `em on up)<br><br>An he swears with his hand on his heart<br><br>To lift `em on up (lift `em on up)<br><br>You can tear the night down<br><br>And turn it inside out<br><br><br><br>Johnny looks around but all he sees<br><br>Is a tired old city livin on its knees<br><br>Blue jean faces, fadin fast<br><br>Backs are breaking but the hard times last<br><br><br><br>Now he prays for a light in the dark<br><br>To lift `em on up (lift `em on up)<br><br>An he swears with his hand on his heart<br><br>To lift `em on up (lift `em on up)<br><br>You can tear the night down<br><br>And turn it inside out<br><br>You can tear the night down<br><br><br><br>Yesterdays....johnny (johnny, johnny)<br><br><br><br>Johnny and me used to have a dream<br><br>If ya ran real fast, itd set you free<br><br>So we kept on running, but our legs got tired<br><br>And the dream just kinda faded when the spirit died - hey<br><br><br><br>To lift `em on up, lift `em on up<br><br>Now he prays for a light in the dark<br><br>To lift `em on up (lift `em on up)<br><br>An he swears with his hand on his heart<br><br>To lift `em on up (lift `em on up)<br><br>You can tear the night down, you can tear the night down<br><br>You can tear the night down and turn it inside out<br><br><br><br>To lift `em on up, lift `em on up, lift `em on up, lift `em on up<br><br><br><br>From the album &quot;wide awake in dreamland&quot;<br><br>Written by: n. geraldo, p. giraldo &amp; m. grombacher