[00:01.06]Dar Williams - I Am The One Who Will Remember Everything
[00:11.68]what Oh have we here'he must be three or four'
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[00:17.41]Shaken out of a boot on its way back to war
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[00:23.15]And he's not looking for a father or a mother'
[00:28.09]Just a seven year old brother'
[00:31.08]On this smudged line border camp of refugees
[00:35.01]I am the one who will remember everything.
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[00:41.06]I am the one who will remember everything.
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[00:51.49]So where are we now' he must be five or six'
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[00:57.41]Just running around' hungry kids' sharpened sticks.
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[01:03.40]And he will grow with pain and fear and jealousy'
[01:07.44]Taken in by schools of zealotry'
[01:11.19]Who train orphans to make orphans evermore.
[01:15.26]I am the one who will remember everything.
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[01:21.06]I am the one who will remember everything.
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[01:26.93]I am the one who will remember everything.
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[01:32.61]I am the one who will remember everything.
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[01:43.71]You drink the smoke' you ride the noise
[01:46.34]You drink the smoke' you ride the noise'
[01:49.27]And you say it's necessary'
[01:52.25]And you forget the ordinary
[01:55.31]But I say'on the wheel of time'
[01:59.74]Scour the Earth and find the
[02:01.86]Orphans of forgetting' all the orphans of forgetting'
[02:07.47]Give them stars for math and praise for good play'
[02:11.22]Here's a Band-Aid' happy birthday'
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[02:15.31]Yes of course I did remember'
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[02:18.23]I remember everything.
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[02:24.98]Oh come over here' kid we've got all these books to read'
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[02:30.84]the With turtles and frogs' cats and dogs who civilize the centuries'
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[02:38.19]And in a world that's angry' cruel and furious'
[02:42.94]There's this monkey who's just curious'
[02:46.06]Floating high above a park with bright balloons.
[02:49.93]I am the one who will remember everything.
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[02:55.86]I am the one who will remember everything.
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[03:01.11]I am the one who will remember everything.
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[03:06.85]I am the one who will remember everything.
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[03:18.57]Everything
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