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Artist: Chaka Khan
Canonical path: /chaka-khan/sign-o-the-times
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Sign O' The Times
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Sign O' The Times
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Oh yeah
In France, skinny man
Died of a big disease
With a little name
By chance his girlfriend
Came across a needle
Soon she did the same
At home there are seventeen year old boys
And their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called The Disciples
High on crack, totin' a machine gun
Time
Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church
And killed everyone inside
You turn on the telly and every other story
Tellin' you somebody died
Sister killed her baby 'cause she could afford to feed it
They were sending rockets to the moon
September my cousin tried reefer for the very first time
Now he's doing horse, it's June
Time, time, yeah
It's silly now, when a rocket ship explodes
Everybody still want to fly
Some say a man ain't happy
Unless a man truly dies, oh why?
Time, time, time
Baby make a speech, star wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if the night falls and a bomb falls
Then everybody sees dawn
Time, time
(Repete 5 estrofe)
Time, time, time, time
Sign o' the times mess with your mind
Hurry before it's too late
Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby
We'll call him Nate, if it's a boy
Time, time
Everybody, yeah
Sign o' the times
Incomprehensible
Time, sign o' the times
Chorus (3x):
Don't you know we can change the world?
Don't you know every boy and every girl
Deserves to live life
Deserves a peace of mind?
Sign o' the times
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