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[Intro]
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Em A x3
[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 imagination, to prove that we could be bought or sold
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The doctor of the diamond run could be revealed to the intelligent
G Em F#m G
But this is what I resent, who cares for the ignorant, the intelligent
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The cynics approach was mean, who cares for anything in this whole wide world except me
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And this opinion must not confuse the issue, my appearance my condition or state of delivery
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I am stating the obvious, this is a protest
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There must be a conclusion, this is no Shakespearean speech
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This is a statement made by one who cannot practice what he 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 needy, give me them all"
D Bm
We need something like this, for this world to coexist
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It would be so easy to act so pretentious
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To act as if it was hypocrisy, to act condescending
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When in fact it's the world we're mending, and that's why I can't relax
G Em F#m G
'Cause inside my coat it's a pistol that I pack
Em F#m G A
We must beware of a surprise nuclear attack
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We must be ready to strike back. I'm not pretending
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Our defences need mending. We must leave those standing
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Forget the third world is ending, is starving
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Is crying, is desolate, is oh so late
[Verse 3]
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I would dearly love to return through a mirror in twenty years
G Em F#m G
And learn what the future has in store for us
D Bm G
And if I learned that we lost and there was no hope for those that fight
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I would turn to drink, and drink is drugs, and drugs would 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, 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 father.
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Just to learn, just to heal us