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There's a small girl with her backpack |
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Filled with textbooks out of date |
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Sings a new song every block |
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And gets to school about ten of eight |
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For each hopscotch on the school lot, |
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There's a wall that's tagged with names, |
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And heavy bars conceal the windows |
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Etched remarks detail the frames |
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One small bird flew away from this earth |
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Wings pushing so high |
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But looking down on that once fragile ground, |
| [01:20.12] |
She's happy to be in the sky |
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O' How the sunlight burns the pavement, |
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As the sweat forms on her brow |
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There's some shade beneath the building |
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And the hydrant's open now |
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And as they line up from their recess, |
| [01:59.94] |
Cracking sounds disrupt the sky, |
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And tiny holes as big as pennies |
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Mark the walls as children cry |
| [02:15.33] |
And one small bird flew away from this earth |
| [02:25.55] |
Wings pushing so high |
| [02:35.10] |
But looking down on that once fragile ground, |
| [02:45.40] |
She's happy to be in the sky |
