Power
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by Peter, Paul & Mary
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performed by Crosby & Nash
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from the Bread & Roses Festival
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Just give me the warm power of the sun
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Give me the steady flow of a waterfall
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Give me the spirit of living things as they return to clay.
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Just give me the restless power of the wind
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Give me the comforting glow of a wood fire
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But please take all of your atomic poison power away.
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Everybody needs some power I'm told
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To shield them from the darkness and the cold
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Some may see a way to take control when it's bought and sold.
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I know that lives are at stake
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Yours and mine and our descendants in time.
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There's so much to gain, so much to lose
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Everyone of us has to choose.
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Just give me the warm power of the sun
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Give me the steady flow of a waterfall
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Give me the spirit of living things as they return to clay.
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Just give me the restless power of the wind
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Give me the comforting glow of a wood fire
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But please take all of your atomic poison power away.
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Just give me the warm power of the sun
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Give me the steady flow of a waterfall
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Give me the spirit of living things as they return to clay.
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Just give me the restless power of the wind
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Give me the comforting glow of a wood fire
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But please take all of your atomic poison power away.
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Won't you do this for me?
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Take all of your atomic poison power
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Take all of your atomic poison power
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Take all of your atomic poison power
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Away.
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Note: The original has a second stanza which Crosby & Nash omitted in concert. It appears below.
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We are only now beginning to see
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How delicate the balance of nature can be
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The limits of her ways have been defined
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and we've crossed that line.
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Some don't even care or know that we'll pay
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But we have seen the face of death in our day.
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There's so little time to change our ways
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If only we together can say
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Power
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| Crosby & Nash |
