New Years Eve

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[Verse 1]
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Well, I wrote this song on New 
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Year's Eve
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Thinking of days gone by
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Dreaming of all good things to come
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Singing that Auld Lang Syne


[Verse 2]
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And I hope this year won't be like
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 the last
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I hope that my money will hold
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I hope that the days won't go by 
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too fast
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I hope that my good gal will 
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show


[Verse 3]
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And I hope I can be some use to 
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this world
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I won't be too prideful to try
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Realize that sometimes it only 
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takes one
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To make a difference in another 
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one's life


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[Verse 4]
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And I hope I can find the courage 
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to speak
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When there's something that needs 
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being said
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And I hope that my words will not 
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tear us apart
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But to bring people closer 
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instead


[Verse 5]
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And I hope all this useless 
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killing will stop
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I hope that the hatred will slow
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I hope there's a calm come over 
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the hand
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Of the one's who have anger to show



[Verse 6]
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And I hope that the families 
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displaced by war
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Find a country so brave and so bold
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To let down their guards and open 
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their arms
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To the one's who have nowhere to 
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go



[Verse 7]
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And I hope that the raging flood 
waters subside
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and it rains on dry mountains and 
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fiery hillsides
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That the winds of change blow swift 
through our hearts
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And we'll lay down our weapons, not
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 fire the first shot
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at the one's who march brave on the
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 streets arm-in-arm
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And their stories be told, and 
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their causes live on
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And we'll right all our wrongs, put
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 an end to our war
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and we'll reach for compassion till
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 there's bloodshed no more
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And we teach every child so they 
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might rise above
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and the power means nothing in a 
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world without love


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Don't cha see?
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Don' cha see?
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Don't cha see?