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[Verse 1]
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Barbarians camped inside the gates
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Careening clown cars all without br¬akes
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The father of lies in slinky drag arrives
    F#m
To take charge of all the venomous snakes
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iPhones iStones turned to bread
    F#m
The starving multitudes are easily fed
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Down at the mall more "blah blah blah"
           F#m
Feeds that beautiful face on that empty head

[Chorus]
       D D/C#  D/A
In our waning days
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We've gotta trust in a lover
       D D/C#  D/A
In our waning days
           A
To help us go on loving others

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Laugh out loud about the boring crowds
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Those bed-sheeted saints sitting up on clouds
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It's the same kind of joke that's a hope that floats
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Down the River Styx one big party boat
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Little tin gods with a jones for praise
    F#m
The priests of creation with a world to save
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How proud some are of their right kind of car
F#m
Driving around in a locked and gilded cage

[Chorus]
       D D/C#  D/A
In our waning days
            A
We've gotta trust in a lover
       D D/C#  D/A
In our waning days
           A
To help us go on loving others

[Instrumental]
A     F#m
A     F#m

[Verse 3]
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Grandstanding hauteur in a professor's suit
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A blowhard with a tiny horn and little toot
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More enlightened than Christ with ready advice
    F#m
For any sycophant who finds him astute
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Homesick wanderers craving rest
F#m
Clinging to hope as long as they have breath
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Hearts in waiting anticipating
    F#m
The arrival of someone who never left

[Chorus]
       D D/C#  D/A
In our waning days
            A
We've gotta trust in a lover
       D D/C#  D/A
In our waning days
           A
To help us go on loving others
       D D/C#  D/A
In our waning days
            A
We've gotta trust in a lover
       D D/C#  D/A
In our waning days
           A
To help us go on loving others

[Outro]
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   In our waning days
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  We need a lover who will not let go
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   In our waning days
F#m
  We need a lover who will bring us home
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   In our waning days
F#m
  We need a lover who will not let go
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   In our waning days
F#m
  We need a lover who will bring us home

[Instrumental]
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