Chorus: Oh, take me in a dream or real
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To that old time the earth once knew
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When all the lands alive with legend
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Shared a future bright and new
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When all the animals were tame
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When every creature talked
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When giants walked
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1. Before peculiar was a sin
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The world was playground for us all
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And giants were our gentle friends
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Before we took that tragic fall
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And light was dripping honey
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On the mountains and the shore
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But no one speaks of giants anymore
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2. Before peculiar was a sin
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When honor-bound was something real
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Before all creatures learned to fear
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Before we learned to lie and steal
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The giants danced in circles
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'Round the fires we built to share
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And now we cannot find them anywhere
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3. And then peculiar turned to sin
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And different meant a friendship's death
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And all the rare and special beasts
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Stopped in their tracks and held their breath
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And when the giants saw this
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There was nothing left to say
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And that was when the giants went away
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4. Yes, when peculiar turned to sin
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They gathered in their giant hands
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The different and defenseless fey
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The strangest creatures in the lands
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And carried them away
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Before another day could dawn
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And still nobody knows where they have gone
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5. So now peculiar is a sin
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And honor is a useless token
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Different means a life alone
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And love is better left unspoken
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Everyone who lives outside
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The circle that we`ve chalked
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Would love to go to where the giants walked
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6. And if peculiar is a sin
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Then mark me with a sinners brand
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And if the gods are kind to me
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I'll climb into some gentle hand
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And leave behind a world so blind
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It cannot see my face
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And go to where peculiar is a grace
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Words and music: Kathy Mar
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Copyright 1985 Kathy Mar
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When Giants Walked
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Kathy Mar |