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One voice singing in the darkness |
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All it takes is one voice |
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Singing so they hear what's on your mind |
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And when you look around you'll find |
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There's more than one voice singing in the darkness |
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Joining with that one voice |
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Each and every note another octave |
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Hands are joined and fears unlocked |
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If only one voice should start it on it's own |
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We need just one voice facing the unknown |
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And then that one voice would never be alone |
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It takes that one voice |
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I've been alive forever, and I wrote the very first song |
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I put the words and the melodies together |
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I am music and I write the songs |
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I write the songs that make the whole world sing |
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I write the songs of love and special things |
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I write the songs that make the young girls cry |
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I write the songs, I write the songs |
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And maybe the old songs will bring back the old times |
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Maybe the old lines will sound new |
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Maybe she'll lay her head on my shoulder |
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Maybe old feelings will come through |
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Maybe we'll start to cry and wonder why we ever walked away |
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Maybe the old songs will bring back the old times and make her wanna stay |
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We're goin' hoppin' (Hop) |
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We're goin' hoppin' today |
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Where things are poppin' (Pop) |
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The Philadelphia way |
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We're gonna drop in (Drop) |
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On all the music they play |
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On the Bandstand (Bandstand) |
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We're goin' swingin' (Swing) |
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We're gonna swingin' the crowd |
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And we'll be clingin' (Cling) |
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And floatin' high as a cloud |
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The phones are ringin' (Ring) |
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My mom and dad are so proud |
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I'm on Bandstand (Bandstand) |
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And I'll jump, and hey, I may even show 'em my handstand |
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Because I'm on, because I'm on the American Bandstand |
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When we dance real slow I'll show all the guys in the grandstand |
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What a swinger I am, I am on American Bandstand |
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I don't want to walk without you baby |
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I don't want to walk without you, Baby |
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Walk without my arm about you, Baby |
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Oh, Baby, please come back or you'll break my heart for me |
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'Cause I don't want to walk without you |
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No, siree |
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Last night, I waved goodbye, now it seems years |
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I'm back in the city, where nothin' is clear |
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But thoughts of me, holdin' you, bringin' us near |
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And tell me |
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When will our eyes meet? |
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When can I touch you? |
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When will this strong yearnin' end? |
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And when will I hold you again? |
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Even now when I never hear your name |
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And the world has changed so much since you've been gone |
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Even now I still remember and the feeling's still the same |
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And this pain inside of me goes on and on, even now |
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Even now when I have come so far |
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I wonder where you are |
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I wonder why it's still so hard without you |
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Even now when I come shinin' through |
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I swear I think of you and God, I wish you knew |
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Somehow, Somehow |
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I saw you at the Beechwood Cafe |
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You looked at me and then you looked away |
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That was some kind |
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Some kind of friend you turned out to be |
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You said you had places that you had to be |
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Now who is gonna be there for me |
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That was some kind |
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Some kind of friend you turned out to be |
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Lady that was some kind |
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Some kind of friend you turned out to be |
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Baby that was some kind |
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Some kind of friend you turned out to be |
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(City rhythm, oo, city rhythm, oo, city rhythm, oo) |
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When my heart (city rhythm) is torn apart (oo) |
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By the love I wish I had |
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Well, I spend my (city rhythm) nights in the city's lights (oo) |
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And things don't seem so bad |
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Ya know the movement seems to soothe me |
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And the tempo takes control |
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And I lose my blues |
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When the New York City rhythm fills my soul |
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It's the New York City rhythm runnin' though life (city rhythm) |
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The poundin' beat of the city streets that keeps my dreams alive |
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I'm lost (I'm lost), I'm found (I'm found) |
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I'm up (I'm up), I'm down, (I'm down) but somehow I survive |
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It's got to be the New York City rhythm in my life |
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Oh, it's got to be the New York City rhythm in my life, in my life |
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At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana) |
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The hottest spot north of Havana (here) |
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At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana |
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Music and passion were always the fashion |
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At the Copa....they fell in love |
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If I could find the words then I would write it all down |
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If I could only find a voice I would speak |
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But it's there in my eyes so can't you see me tonight |
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Come on and look at me and read 'em and weep |
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It's there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart |
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It's running silent and angry and deep |
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It's there in my eyes and it's all I can say |
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Come on look at me and read 'em and weep |
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Read 'em and weep - for all the hours we'll be spending alone |
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Read 'em and weep - for the dreams we'll ignore |
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Running silent and deep |
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For all those promises we promised to keep |
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Why don't you look at me and read 'em and weep |
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Why don't you look at me and read 'em |
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When I wanted you I needed you |
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And I still can't bring myself to say I'm over you |
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When I gave you time to make up your mind |
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You turned you back on me |
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And now I turn my back on you |
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But somewhere down the road |
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Our roads are gonna cross again |
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It doesn't really matter when |
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But somewhere down the road |
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I know that heart of yours will come to see |
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That you belong with me |
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This one's for you wherever you are |
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To say that nothin's been the same since we've been apart Oh-uh-oh |
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This one's for all the love we once knew |
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Like everything else I have, this one's for you |
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Doctor, my woman is comin' back home late today |
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Coudja maybe give me somethin' ? |
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'cause the feeling is gone and I must get it back right away |
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Before she sees that |
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I've been up, down, tryin' to get the feeling again |
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All around, tryin' to get the feeling again |
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The one that made me shiver |
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Made my knees start to quiver |
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Every time she walked in |
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And I've looked high (high), low (low) |
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Everywhere I possibly can (high) |
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But there's no (no) tryin' to get the feelin' again |
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It seemed to disappear as fast as it came |
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I've been up, down, tryin' to get the feeling again |
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And I'm ready to take a chance again |
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Ready to put my love on the line with you |
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Been livin' with nothing for show for it |
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You get what you get when you go for it |
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And I'm ready to take a chance again with you |
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Let's hang on to what we got |
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Don't let go girl, we got a lot |
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Got a lot of love between us |
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Hang on, hang on, hang on |
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Come with me |
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Somewhere in the night we will know |
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Everything lovers can know |
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You're my song, music too magic to end |
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I'll play you over and over again |
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Lovin' so warm, movin' so right |
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Closin' our eyes and feelin' alive |
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We'll just go on burnin' bright |
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Somewhere in the night |
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Baby, I love you, come, come, come into my arms |
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Let me know the wonder of all of you |
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Baby, I want you now, now, now, and hold on fast |
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Could this be the magic at last? |
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We dreamers have our ways |
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Of facing rainy days |
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And somehow we survive |
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We keep the feelings warm |
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Protect them from the storm |
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Until our time arrives |
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Then one day the sun appears |
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And we come shining through those lonely years |
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I made it through the rain |
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I kept my world protected |
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I made it throught the rain |
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I kept my point of view |
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I made it through the rain |
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And found myself respected |
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By the others who |
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Got rained on too |
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And made it through |
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Looks like we made it |
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Looks like we made it |
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I'm singin' to the world, it's time we let the spirit come in |
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Let it come on in |
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I'm singin' to the world, everybody's caught in the spin |
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Look at where we've been |
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We've been runnin' around, year after year |
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Blinded with pride, blinded with fear |
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But it's daybreak, if you wanna believe |
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It can be daybreak, ain't no time to grieve |
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Said it's daybreak if you'll only believe |
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And let it shine, shine, shine |
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All around the world (sing it to the world, sing, sing) |
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It's from me it's for you |
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It's from you, it's for me |
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It's a worldwide symphony |
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I write the songs that make the whole world sing |
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I write the songs of love and special things |
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I write the songs that make the young girls cry |
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I write the songs, I write the songs |