Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Uriah Heep
Canonical path: /uriah-heep/holy-roller
Related lyric paths: 6
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Holy Roller
Read Holy Roller lyrics by Uriah Heep on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Holy Roller
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I was born an only boy
Away from palm of water
Never heard of right or wrong
I was given words to use
But I knew I was different
They wanted me to play along
How much fear can I keep
Locked away inside me
Will all these words
Disguise my pain
When all your scriptures fall
And leave us in the open
I will survive and try again
Here comes the holy roller
Here comes the book of life
Don't come knockin' round here
¡®cause you ain't no friend of mine
Here comes the ghost of holy
He comes to twist your mind
Don't come knockin' round here
¡®cause you ain't no friend
Ain't no friend of mine
What is the price that you've put
On your own salvation
Count the costs for savin' souls
Where is the sense in all this
Door-to-door damantion
When you're just left out in the cold
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Uriah Heep performs "Holy Roller", and this lyric page sits inside the Uriah Heep catalog on LyroVerse.
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