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Sitting In Kitchen

from Liberator by Larry Norman

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From Home At Last

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I was sitting in my kitchen
Thinking about my life
And how some men end up all alone
Some men take a wife
How old men get discouraged
And young men go astray
And for every sinful thing we do
Somehow we will pay

I got up to get my bible
Some pages fell onto the floor
Well it’s an old one that my father had
And his father before
It’s been with me since my childhood
I was saved in '52
When I look back at my troubled life
I give thanks I’ve made it through

I am free, I can see
And I’m who I wanna be (Ooh ooh ooh)
Mercy me, mercy me, mercy me (Ooh)
​Yeah

Na na na na na na na na na na
Why does it take so long
Na na na na na na na na
To learn to stand and be strong

I grew up in San Francisco
In a real rough neighbourhood
Where they beat you bad if you were tough
And worse if you were good
But I came through those times
With a lot of love for those boys that knocked me down
And I pray some day I’ll see them
And we’ll be standing on sacred ground

I am free, I can see
And I'm who I wanna be (Ooh ooh ooh)
Ah mercy me, mercy me, mercy me (Ooh)
Oh yeah

I am free (mercy mercy), I can see (mercy mercy)
And I'm who I wanna be (Ooh ooh ooh)
Mercy me, mercy me (yeah yeah), mercy me (Ooh)
Yeah, woh woh ah yeah oh

I am free (yeah yeah yeah), I can see
I'm who I wan’ to be (Ooh ooh ooh)
Oh ah I’m free, I can see ah ah ah ah ah
Mercy me, mercy me, mercy me

Yeah oh ah

I am free (oh oh), I can see (Ooh I can see)
And I'm who I want to be (Ooh ooh ooh)
(Woh ho ho oh ho ho oh)
(Mercy me, mercy me, mercy me) Mercy me now, mercy me, mercy me
Yeah, yeah, he's coming back again (Oh oh oh oh)

I am free, I can see
Mercy, mercy, mercy, mercy (Ooh ooh ooh)
Mercy me, mercy me, mercy me
Ah mercy me ya-hey-hey-ah

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from Liberator, released June 1, 2004

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Larry Norman Los Angeles, California

American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. Norman had a major influence on artists as diverse as The Pixies, Guns n' Roses, and U2. After his death in 2008 his most well-known album, 1972's Only Visiting This Planet, was selected for inclusion in The United States Library of Congress for its cultural significance and impact on American culture. ... more

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