Ode To Liberty

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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 The dream was not a vision or some 
premonition like we were told
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 It was no figment of the 
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imagination, to prove   that we 
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could be bought or sold
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 The doctor of the diamond run 
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could be revealed to the intelligent
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But this is what I resent, who 
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cares for the ignorant,  the 
intelligent
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  The cynics approach was 
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mean, who cares for anything in 
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this whole wide world except me
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And this opinion must not confuse 
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the issue, my appearance my 
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condition or state of delivery
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I am stating the obvious, this 
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is a protest
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There must be a conclusion, this 
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is no Shakespearean speech
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This is a statement  made by one
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 who cannot practice what he 
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preaches


[Verse 2]
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The Statue of Liberty has engraved 
on its wall
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"Give me your poor, give me your 
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needy,  give me them all"
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 We need something like this, for 
this world to coexist
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 It would be so easy to act   so
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 pretentious
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To act as if it was hypocrisy, 
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  to act    condescending
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 When in fact it's the world we're
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 mending, and that's why I can't 
relax
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'Cause inside my coat it's a 
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pistol that I pack
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We must beware   of a surprise 
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nuclear attack
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      We must be ready to strike 
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back.   I'm not pretending
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     Our defences need mending.
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 We must leave those standing
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 Forget the third world is ending, 
is starving
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    Is crying,      is 
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desolate,   is oh so late


[Verse 3]
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 I would dearly love to return 
through a mirror in twenty years
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 And learn what the future has in 
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store for us
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 And if I learned that we lost 
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and there was no hope for those that
 fight
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      I would turn to drink, and
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 drink is drugs,   and drugs would 
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help me sink
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 And like a boat I float, I sail out
 to the sky
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      To the universe and back, 
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     maybe to give it another try
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      I don't know why, why Jack
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          Just to confirm our 
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father.
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Just to learn, just to heal us