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Reason To Believe

from Hard Times by Kike Jambalaya

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REASON TO BELIEVE (Bruce Springsteen)

SEEN A MAN STANDIN' OVER A DEAD DOG
BY THE HIGHWAY IN A DITCH
LOOKIN' DOWN KINDA PUZZLED
POU KIN' THAT DOG WITH A STICK
GOT HIS CAR DOOR FLUNG OPEN
HE'S STANDIN' OUT ON HIGHWAY 31
IF HE STOOD THERE LONG ENOUGH
THAT DOG'D GET UP AND RUN

IT STRUACK ME KINDA FUNNY, FUNNY SIR TO ME
HOW AT THE END OF EVERY HARD EARNED DAY
PEOPLE FIND SOME REASON TO BELIEVE

MARY LOU LOVED JOHNNY
A LOVE MEAN AND TRUE
SHE SAID " I'LL WORK FOR YOU EVERY DAY,
BRING MY MONEY HOME TO YOU"
ONE DAY HE UP AND LEFT HER
AND EVER SINCE THAT
SHE WAITS DOWN AT THE END OF
FOR YOUNG JOHNNY TO COME BACK

IT STRUCK ME KINDA FUNNY, FUNNY SIR TO ME
HOW AT THE END OF EVERY HARD EARNED DAY
YOU´LL FIND SOME REASON TO BELIEVE

TAKE A BABY TO THE RIVER,
KYLE WILLIAM THEY CALLED HIM
WASH THE BABY IN THE WATER,
TAKE AWAY LITTLE KYLE'S SIN
IN A WHITEWASH SHOTGUN SHACK
AN OLD MAN PASSES AWAY
TAKE HIS BODY TO THE GRAVEYARD,
OVER HIM THEY PRAY

CONGREGATION GATHERS
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
PREACHER STANDS WITH A BIBLE,
GROOM STANDS WAITIN' FOR HIS BRIDE
CONGREGATION GONE AND THE SUN SETS
BEHIND A WEEPIN' WILLOW TREE
GROOM STANDS ALONE AND WATCHES
THE RIVER RUSH ON… SO EFFORTLESSLY

IT STRUCK ME KINDA FUNNY, FUNNY SIR TO ME
HOW AT THE END OF EVERY HARD EARNED DAY
PEOPLE FIND SOME REASON TO BELIEVE

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from Hard Times, released May 16, 2016
Reason to Believe (Bruce Springsteen)
Kike Jambalaya – vocal, harmonica, piano,
Keyboards acoustic and electric guitars,
Jesús Sangui – slide and harmonica
Héctor Oliveira – bass
Javier Iñigo – drums

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Kike Jambalaya Madrid, Spain

Singer, pianist and composer born in Madrid.

From 1989 to now, 2019 his musical activity has not stopped. Rock and roll, blues, country, swing, boogie.

He decided to hold an "American Trilogy" between 2013 and 2018: "Back Home Again", "Hard Times" and "Rock'n'Roll, Brother!"

Now in its 30th anniversary, it is the turn to an album in Spanish with its own compositions: "Betrayers Times"
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