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Earth Song / Common People

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Earth Song / Common People

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What about sunrise?What about rain?What about all the thingsThat you said we were to gain?What about killing fields?Is there a time?What about all the thingsThat you said was yours and mine?Did you ever stop to noticeAll the blood we've shed before?Did you ever stop to noticeThis crying Earth, its' weeping shore?Aah oh oohOoh oohAah oh oohOoh oohWhat have we've done to the world?Look what we've doneWhat about all the peaceThat you pledge your only son?What about flowering fields?Is there a time?What about all the dreamsThat you said was yours and mine?Did you ever stop to noticeAll the children dead from war?Did you ever stop to noticeThis crying Earth, its' weeping shore?Aah oh oohOoh oohAah oh oohOoh oohWhat about yesterday?(What about us?)What about the seas?(What about us?)The heavens are falling down(What about us?)I can't even breathe(What about us?)What about the elephants?(What about us?)Have we lost their trust?(What about us?)What about the crying whales(What about us?)Ravaging the seas?(What about us?)(What about us?)I want to live like common peopleI want to do whatever common people doI want to sleep with common peopleI want to sleep with common people like youThey didn't understandThey just smiled and held my handAah oh oohOoh oohAah oh ooh (common people)Ooh ooh (common people)Aah oh ooh (common people)Ooh ooh (common people)Aah oh ooh (I want to live like common people)Ooh ooh (I want do what common people do)Aah oh ooh (I want to live like common people)Ooh ooh (I want do what common people do)
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