Mavis Staples - Wrote A Song For Everyone lyrics

Met myself a comin' county welfare line I was feelin' strung out, hung out on the line Saw myself a goin', down to war in June What I want, all I want is writin' myself a tune Wrote a song for everyone Wrote a song for truth Wrote a song for everyone And I couldn't leave it up to you Got myself arrested, wound me up in jail Richmond 'bout to blow up, communication failed If you see the answer, now's the time to say What I want, all I want is get you down to pray I wrote a song for everyone Wrote a song for truth Wrote a song for everyone And I couldn't even talk to you I wrote a song for everyone Wrote a song for truth Wrote a song for everyone And I couldn't even talk to you Saw the people a standin' thousand years in chains Somebody said it's different now, look, it's just the same Pharaohs spins the message, 'round and 'round the truth They could have saved a million people, how can I tell you? Well, I wrote a song for everyone Wrote a song for truth Wrote a song for everyone And I couldn't even talk to you Wrote a song for everyone Wrote a song for truth Wrote a song for everyone And I couldn't even talk to you Wrote a song for everyone Wrote a song for truth Wrote a song for everyone And I couldn't even talk to you