i was standing on the stop
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thinking of humanity
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when you came along so righteous with a new national hate
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so convincing is the ardor of war and of men
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it's harder to breathe than to believe you're a friend
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you stick me in the back with a sideways smile
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unity's the front of a gang mentality
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you're trying to burn the ashes
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but they won't catch fire
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while reason is coagulating in the mire
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as the final poor man's carcass washes up on my shore
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i don't know much but i know that wars begets more war
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are you willing to wait?
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for another watergate?
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this national uproar's got me in surrender
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fear is the sender
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cuz the whole wide world is watching
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but no one's doin anything
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the whole wide world is watching
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we justify the enemy
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how unpopular it seems to be persuasive for peace
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i got a mind full of destruction-
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but it's only for me
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like a wedding vow i speak the word: equality
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but alas i feel that everyone is stronger than me
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you know that i was born against the O.I.A.
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(opression, ignorance, & authority)
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but that is nothing new if you've heard what i say
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as the mahatma sheds a tear, buried so deep underground
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we continue to uphold the men who keep us down
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are you willing to die
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for a president-sized lie?
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for a man you've never met?
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why ask why?
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we stick our brother
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while the whole wide world is watching
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all we are
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and dreams to be
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come to pass,
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it won't, you'll see
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should the land we claim to be
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chain the world so we are free
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though i try to see
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i'm blinded by the light in front of me
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are we doomed to stumble on and to repeat?
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well so it seems
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The Whole World Is Watching
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| Morning Glory |
