For You - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

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Manfred Mann's Earth Band - For You

[Intro]
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Princess cards

       
 she sends me 

           
    with her r

 
egards,
            
Oh, bar-room e

            
yes shine vaca

            
ncy to see her

              
 you gotta loo

  
k hard
             
Wounded deep i

       
n battle, I st

          
and stuffed li

             
ke some soldie

    
r undaunted
            
To her cheshir

             
e smile I'll s

             
tand on file, 

            
she's all I ev

   
er wanted

             
You let your b

         
lue walls get 

       
in the way of 

these facts, h

oney
           
    Get your c

/           
arpet baggers 

        
off my back
           
Girl give me t

/    
ime to cover m

y tracks

           
You said,   "H

              
ere's your mir

             
ror and your b

all and jacks"
          
But they're no

              
t what I came 


for
          
Oh I came for 

        
so much more
          
And I know you

           
 know that too
          
And I know you

             
 know that's t

              
rue (I came fo

   
r you)

          
  I came for y


ou
          
  I came for y


ou
        
  I came for y

            
ou, for you I 

  
came for you

             
Crawl into my 

       
ambulance, you

           
r pulse is get

     
ting weak
            
Reveal yoursel

            
f all to me no

            
w, while you'v

              
e got the stre

        
ngth to speak
              
'Cause they're

             
 waiting for y

       
ou at Bellevue

          
     with thei

        
r oxygen masks
            
But I could gi

            
ve it all to y

            
ou now, if onl

            
y you could as

k

            
Don't call for

          
 your surgeon 

     
even he says i

t's late
            
It's not your 

           
lungs this tim

          
e but your hea

              
rt holds your 

    
fate
            
Don't give me 

             
my money back,

       
 don't want it

 anymore

           
It's not that 

              
nursery mouth 

   
I came back fo

r
          
It's not the w

              
ay you're stre

          
tched out on t

he floor
          
I've broken al

              
l your windows

          
 and I've ramm

ed through all

 your doors
          
Who am I to as

         
k you to fight

 my wars

          
And you should

             
 know that's t

rue
          
You should kno

             
w that too (I 

          
came for you)

          
  I came for y


ou
          
  I came for y


ou
        
  I came for y

            
ou, for you I 

  
came for you

[Solo]
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Don't call for

          
 your surgeon 

     
even he says i

t's late
            
It's not your 

           
lungs this tim

          
e but your hea

              
rt holds your 

    
fate
            
Don't give me 

             
my money back 

      
don't want it 

anymore

           
It's not that 

              
nursery mouth 

   
I came back fo

r
          
It's not the w

              
ay you're stre

          
tched out on t

he floor
          
I've broken al

              
l your windows

          
 and I've ramm

ed through all

 your doors
          
Who am I to as

         
k you to fight

 my wars
          
And you should

             
 know that's t

rue
          
You should kno

             
w that too (I 

          
came for you)

          
  I came for y


ou
        
  I came for y


ou
          
  I came for y


ou
          
  I came for y


ou
        
  I came for y

            
ou, for you I 

  
came for you

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