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Mavis Staples – Sometime (2019) | Track profile | Dork

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Sometime

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Sometime

Release date: 24th May 2019

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About This Track

"Sometime" is a track by Mavis Staples, from the album We Get By, released 24th May 2019. Full lyrics are available below.

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Mavis Staples

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Lyrics

Sometime

[Verse 1]

Everybody's gonna have to give sometime

Gonna have to give sometime

Got to give sometime

Everybody's got to give sometime

You got to give sometime

Give sometime

[Verse 2]

Everybody's gotta change sometime

We got to change sometime

Change sometime

Everybody's gotta change sometime

We got to change sometime

Change sometime

[Verse 3]

Everybody's gonna need sometime

You gonna need sometime

Need sometime

Everybody's gonna have to need sometime

Need sometime

Need sometime

[Verse 4]

Everybody's got to cry sometime

Gotta cry sometime

Got to cry sometime

Everybody's gonna have to cry sometime

We got to cry sometime

Cry sometime

[Verse 5]

Everybody's got to pray sometime

We need to pray sometime

Pray sometime

You know everybody gotta pray sometime

We got to pray sometime

Pray sometime (Woo)

[Outro]

Pray sometimes

Sometimes

Sometimes

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Track details

From We Get By

2019

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Album

Release year

2019

—Brothers and Sisters
—Chance on Me
—Change
—Hard to Leave
—Heavy on My Mind
—Never Needed Anyone
—One More Change
—Stronger
—Sometime
—We Get By

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