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A young man came to a house of prayer |
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They did not ask what brought him there |
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He was not friend, he was not kin |
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But they opened the door and let him in |
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And for an hour the stranger stayed |
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He sat with them and seemed to pray |
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But then the young man drew a gun |
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And killed nine people, old and young |
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In Charleston in the month of June |
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The mourners gathered in a room |
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The President came to speak some words |
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And the cameras rolled and the nation heard |
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But no words could say what must be said |
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For all the living and the dead |
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So on that day and in that place |
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The President sang Amazing Grace |
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The President sang Amazing Grace |
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We argued where to place the blame |
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On one man's hate or our nation's shame |
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Some sickness of the mind or soul |
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And how the wounds might be made whole |
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But no words could say what must be said |
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For all the living and the dead |
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So on that day and in that place |
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The President sang Amazing Grace |
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My President sang Amazing Grace |
