You Know Its Dark When Atheists Start To Pray

Verse Am Joey was a man from the other side G Came across the sea for a better life F E When he got close they made him change his name Am Push along a cart through the market place G Keep it in your heart when you're getting spades F E But that was so many years ago Pre-Chorus C F I lived in many places, I've fallen out of graces C G I tried to feed the fire for so long [Refrão]C Hey man, where you going F Up town the river's rolling C G C The sun comes, I'll be on my way Verse Am A Nietzsche mustache and a peasant's hat G Five hungry kids in a water flat F E Maybe I'll make a little more today Am A new world dream and some old school pride G He couldn't make a meet so he took his life C E I saw a photograph and made memories in my mind Pre-Chorus C F I've fallen out of graces, I've ran so many races C G I tried to breathe the fire for so long [Refrão]C Hey man, where you going F Up town the river's rolling C G C The sun comes, I'll be on my way C F C G C F C G Verse C Well he was on the blacklist in '53 F And he talked about the conspiracy Am G He said the next war is gonna blow us all away C I played in churches and I prayed in bars F A young kid with a sad guitar Am G To get close I had to go far away C Well I became a drifter F Sent postcards to my sister Am G And I can hear her smile even when I'm far away [Refrão]C Hey man, where you going F Up town the river's rolling C G C The sun comes, I'll be on my way Verse C Well I drank with kings and danced with whores F On mountain tops and distant shores Am G But you made me feel like someone I wished to be C I tried to wear my father's clothes F I planted seeds that didn't grow Am G With a handful of thorns I thought that I was free C Worked in a bank, drove a diesel van F Even Sonny Wortzik had a plan Am G Do your time and get out of society [Refrão]C Hey man, where you going F Up town the river's rolling C G C The sun comes, I'll be on my way Verse C Now you're sitting in an office, you've never seen the world F Gonna blame it on the government or a girl Am G But there's somewhere else you know you'd rather be C Scratching off the numbers in a liquor store F Dreaming of picking up a '44 Am G Tell me more about your fantasy [Refrão]C Hey man, where you going F Up town the river's rolling C G C The sun comes, I'll be on my way C F C G C F C G Verse C From Spanish Harlem to Ditmas Park F A lonely game of court and spark Am G I wrote a song, I figured it's the only way C And the girls from school all married stiffs F With a flat screen and couple kids Am G And they say a prayer in their own little way C Well a friend of mine became a priest F And we lost another in the Middle East Am G Well, you know it's dark when atheists start to pray [Refrão]C Hey man, where you going F Up town the river's rolling C G C The sun comes, I'll be on my way Verse C Boxes in the corner neatly stacked F Parts of me, paper and wax Am G For a headline day to ride in that Cadillac C And when it's over and I've had my fill F They're gonna put my body up on Cypress Hill Am G Near Houdini for the final disappearing act [Refrão]C Hey man, where you going F Up town the river's rolling C G C The sun comes, I'll be on my way C Hey man, whatcha doing F All along the road to ruin C G G You know it's dark when Atheists start to pray Verse F C G From the fox holes to the quarter C F C Got your mojo workin' G C F C Or whatever you believe in, all your voodoo G C F C Well, the river runs deep and the river runs wide Outro F C G C F C G C F C G C F C G C F C G C F C