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Artist: Michael Franti
Canonical path: /michael-franti/gloria
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Gloria
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Gloria
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When many little people in many little places
Do many little things, then the whole world changes
But sometimes not fast enough for me
You see I'm just a little man, trying hard to understand
What kind of living is a life if I can't stand on my own two feet
You see we are looking for the same thing
And we are trying to survive
But I know each day in life don't get much easier than the last
So today I'm just glad to be alive
And I'm singing
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, stay by my side
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, I'm glad to be alive
Glad to be alive
I think that life is a blessing
And every step, every lesson
You want for love and protection
To those in me
To all my mothers and fathers
And all the angels and saints
I'm so glad to be alive
Seems like there's never enough time to do the things I wanna do
And it never ends
But at the end of the day I might not have no money to count or spend
But I know I can count on all my friends
And you call on me
See we are looking for the same thing
And we are trying to survive
And I know each day in life with you gets better than the last
So today I'm just glad to be alive
And I'm singing
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, stay by my side
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, I'm glad to be alive
Glad to be alive
I'm just trying to find a way to say
I'm just trying to find a way to say
Don't you ever, ever, ever go away
When many little people in many little places
Do many little things, then the whole world changes
But I just want you next to me
And I'm singing
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, stay by my side
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, I'm glad to be alive
Glad to be alive
Singing
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, stay by my side
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, I'm glad to be alive
I'm glad to be alive
I'm glad to be alive
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Michael Franti performs "Gloria", and this lyric page sits inside the Michael Franti catalog on LyroVerse.
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