Hallelujah
Rufus Wainwright
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I've heard there was a secret chord
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That David played and it pleased the Lord
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But you d on't real ly ca re for music do you?
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It goes lik e this, the fourth, the fifth
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The minor fall, the major lift
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The baffl ed King composing Hallelujah
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Hallelu jah, hallelujah
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Hallelu ja h, h allelujah
[Verse 2]
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Your faith wa s strong but you needed proof
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You saw her bathing on the roof
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Her bea uty in t he moo nlight overthrew you
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She tied you to a kitchen chair
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She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
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And from y our lips she drew the hallelujah
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Hallelu jah, hallelujah
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Hallelu ja h, h allelujah
[Verse 3]
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Maybe I'v e been here before
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I know this room, I've walked this floor
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I used t o live a lone before I knew you
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I've seen yo ur f lag on the marble arch
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Love is not a victory march
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It's a co ld and it's a broken hallelujah
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Hallelu jah, hallelujah
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Hallelu ja h, h allelujah
[Verse 4]
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There was a time when you let me know
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What's really going on below
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But now you neve r sh ow it to me, do you?
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And reme mber when I moved in you
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The Holy Dove was moving too
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And every breath we drew was hallelujah
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Hallelu jah, hallelujah
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Hallelu ja h, h allelujah
[Verse 5]
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Maybe the re's a God above
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And al l I ever learned from love
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Was how t o shoot a t som eone who outdrew you
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And it's n ot a cry you can hear at night
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It's not s omebody who's seen the light
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It's a co ld and it's a broken hallelujah
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Hallelu jah, hallelujah
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Hallelu ja h, hallelujah
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Hallelu jah, hallelujah
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Hallelu ja h, hallelujah