Intro
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It was only yesterday when I heard the teacher say
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Patiently, "One and two makes three" We were children, you and me
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Let us pray... for the ones they call the children of today
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Nothing left but promises, nothing much is certain
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All we see is want and need across the board.
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Why thank you, Lord
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We're living in the glory of your care
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Skies of blue have all turned brown to the sound of sighing
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Lord, abide; let us stem the tide of broken dreams
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Sometimes you seem to tell us it's too late for praying
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See the ocean wild and blue; think of all that's in her
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She will not surrender to the likes of us
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But then she must.
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They tell us, wise men tell us it's too late
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For each child with eyes that smile, there'll be ten more cryin'
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Lord, abide; let us stem the tide of helplessness
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But then, I guess, we're livin'. Is it too late for tryin'?
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Nothing here but grains of sand; nothin' much worth savin'
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Guess we've all got problems of our own to bear
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And still we share.
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Tomorrow could get better than today
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To the ones who loved in vain, will you be beholden?
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Lord, abide; let us stem the tide of broken dreams
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Sometimes you seem to tell us it's too late for prayin'
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