Revelation

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[Verse 1]

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Somewhere in Vietnam a 19 year old 
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soldier walked out of a bar room,
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And he said I must be seeing 
things that bourbon hit me like a 
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baseball bat.
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In Belfast, Ireland a little lady 
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dropped her shovel in her garden,
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She raced across the yard and 
asked her neighbor Mrs. Clancy what 
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was that?


[Verse 2]

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In Memphis, Tennessee a teacher 
raised the window closest to the 
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river,
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And the children in her classroom 
swore they heard a choir singing 
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down the street.
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In Washington, DC a private 
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secretary's lips began to quiver,
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And the President just put aside 
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his papers and rose quickly to his 
feet.


[Verse 3]

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I lay in a cheap motel in the arms
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 of someone else's woman
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When a loud explosion rocked the 
room and turned the morning into 
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night.
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I jumped out of bed and ran into 
the streets with hardly any clothes 
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on
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As the sky lit up my heart stood 
still and I could feel my face was 
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turning white.


[Refrain]

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All at once the clouds rolled back
 and there stood Jesus Christ in all
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 his glory,
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And I realized the saddest eyes 
I'd ever seen were looking straight 
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at me.


[Verse 4]

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I guess I was awakened by the 
penetrating sound of my own 
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screaming,
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And it didn't take me long to 
stumble out of bed and fall down on 
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my knees.
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As tears rolled down my face I 
cried dear God I'm thankful I was 
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only dreaming,
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And if I never go to Hell, Lord, 
it'll be because you scared it out 
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of me.