Who Took The Merry / Change the World
Performed by:
The Staple Singers / Eric Clapton
Arranged by:
UK Soul Choirs
ALL Oo___ ah oo
Who took the merry out of Christmas?
People all over the world forgot about merry
S Too busy fighting wars (A+T Oo__)
S Trying to make it to Mars (A+T Oo__)
S Searching for light and can't seem to find the right star (A+T Ah____)
ALL Searching for light and can't seem to find the right star
ALL Oo___ ah oo
Who took the merry out of Christmas?
People all over the world forgot about merry
T Too busy buying toys (S+A Oo__)
T Learning 'bout Santa's joy (S+A Oo__)
T Making believe he was just another baby boy (S+A Ah__)
ALL Making believe he was just another baby boy
A+T Oo____ oo____
S Searching for light and can't seem to find the right star
A+T Oo____ oo____
S Searching for light and can't seem to find the right ALL star____
ALL Oo___ ah oo
Oo___ ah oo
Oo oo oo
Oo oo oo
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
SOLO If I could reach the stars
I’d pull one down for you
Shine it on my heart
So you could see the truth
S That this love I have inside (A+T oo oo oo)
S Is everything it seems (A+T oo oo oo)
A But for now I find (S+T oo oo oo)
A It’s only in my dreams (S+T oo oo ah__)
ALL That I can..
ALL Change S the world (A+T change the world)
ALL I would be the sunlight in your universe
You would think my love was really something good
Baby if I could
Change___ the world
ALL Yeah yeah yeah
T If I could be king
Even for a day
A I’d take you as my queen
I’d have it no other way
S And our love would rule, in this
Kingdom we have made
ALL ’til then I’d be a fool
Wishing for a day
That I can
ALL Change S the world (A+T change the world)
ALL I would be the sunlight in your universe
You would think my love was really something good
Baby if I could
S Change the world (A+T change__)
ALL Baby if I could
S Change the world (A+T change__)
ALL Baby if I could__
Change_____ the world___
ALL Oo___ ah oo (S Let me tell ya now)
S Who took the merry out of Christmas? (A+T Oo___ ah oo)
S Who took the merry out of Christmas? (A+T Oo___ ah oo)
ALL Who took the merry out of Christmas?
ALL Who took the merry out of Christmas?
S Who took the merry out of Christmas? (A+T Who took the merry out of Christmas?)
S Who took the merry out of Christmas? (A+T Who took the merry out of Christmas?)
ALL People all over the world_____
Don't forget about Me-e-rry__!
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