You were dreaming on a park bench
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'Bout a broad highway somewhere
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When the music from the carillon
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Seemed to hurl your heart out there
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Past the scientific darkness
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Past the fireflies that float
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To an angel bending down
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To wrap you in her warmest coat
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[Chorus:]
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And you ask, "What am I not doing?"
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She says "Your voice cannot command.
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In time, you will move mountains,
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And it will come through your hands."
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Still you argue for an option
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Still you angle for your case
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Like you wouldn't know a burning bush
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If it blew up in your face
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Yeah, we scheme about the future
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And we dream about the past
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When just a simple reaching out
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Might build a bridge that lasts
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[Chorus]
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So whatever your hands find to do
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You must do with all your heart
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There are thoughts enough
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To blow men's minds and tear great worlds apart
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There's a healing touch to find you
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On that broad highway somewhere
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To lift you high
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As music flying
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Through the angel's hair.
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Don't ask what you are not doing
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Because your voice cannot command
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In time we will move mountains
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And it will come through your hands
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Through Your Hands
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| Joan Baez |
