Walk Tall
There are certainly songs and phrases that inspire - and when I'm on edge, pull me up by the bootstraps - Mellencamp's Walk Tall is that way:
The simple-minded and the uninformed can be easily led astray,
Those that can not connect the dots, hey, look the other way.
People believe what they want to believe,
when it makes no sense at all.
Be careful of those who kill in Jesus' name,
if you don't believe in killing at all.
Walk tall, keep on walking, keep on talking through this world, through this world.
Somewhere out in the distance is the death of you and me.
Even though we don't talk of it much, it's still out there for us to see.
If you treat your life like a bar room fight, you'll die stinking of gin.
No drunkards are allowed in heaven, no sinners will get in.
So walk tall.
So be careful in what you believe in,
there's plenty to get you confused,
and in this land called paradise,
you must walk in another man's shoes.
Bigotry and hatred are enemies to us all,
Grace, mercy and forgiveness,
will help a man walk tall.
So walk tall, through this world.
Through this world.
The simple-minded and the uninformed can be easily led astray,
Those that can not connect the dots, hey, look the other way.
People believe what they want to believe,
when it makes no sense at all.
Be careful of those who kill in Jesus' name,
if you don't believe in killing at all.
Walk tall, keep on walking, keep on talking through this world, through this world.
Somewhere out in the distance is the death of you and me.
Even though we don't talk of it much, it's still out there for us to see.
If you treat your life like a bar room fight, you'll die stinking of gin.
No drunkards are allowed in heaven, no sinners will get in.
So walk tall.
So be careful in what you believe in,
there's plenty to get you confused,
and in this land called paradise,
you must walk in another man's shoes.
Bigotry and hatred are enemies to us all,
Grace, mercy and forgiveness,
will help a man walk tall.
So walk tall, through this world.
Through this world.
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