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Dokken – Change the World (1999) | Track profile | Dork

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Dokken
Erase the Slate
Change the World

TRACK

Change the World

Release date: 15th June 1999

From Erase the Slate

About This Track

"Change the World" is a track by Dokken, from the album Erase the Slate, released 15th June 1999. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Dokken

Dokken

Lyrics

Change the World

Talk to me 'bout fantasy

You talk to me 'bout love

You fill me with empty promises

You promise sky above

You ask me what I'd do for you

Give my life and more

But would it keep you satisfied

Baby I'm not sure

I change myself most everyday

But you don't reply

The things you want the most from me

How can we survive

I can't change the world

If I tried would it make you happy

I can't change the world this time

I can't change the world

From soft lips you speak to me

How's it gonna be

Everyday's a different story

Changing all the time

You come to me with promises

I listen as you speak

But the promise that you want the most

Is not for me to keep

You leave me on this withered vine now

Stripped away and torn

Left with only fantasy

Dreams of never more

I can't change the world

If I tried would it make you happy

I can't change the world this time

I can't change the world

Never said that I had the answer

I can't change the world

I'd give my spirit if you tried

A fortune lost a heart denied

I'll come to you in your sleep

My heart is yours for only you to keep

And when the days they pass me, you will see

I can't change the world

If I tried would it make you happy

I can't change the world this time

I can't change the world

I never said I had the answer

I can't change the world this time

I can't change the world

Change the world

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Track details

From Erase the Slate

1999

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Album

Erase the Slate

Release year

1999

—Erase the Slate
—Haunted Lullabye
—Who Believes
—Maddest Hatter
—Voice of the Soul
—Crazy Mary Goes Round
—In Your Honor
—One
—Shattered
—Drown
—Change the World

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Dokken — Change the World

Dokken — Change the World

Change the World

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