From the water
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From the rock and the dirt
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You were
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The first person on earth
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Oh the mountains
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And the oceans
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Witnessed your birth
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The first person on earth
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By a river
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On the banks of a sandy shore
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Untouched clean fresh and pure
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The first person on earth
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In the light of the sun
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You emerged
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To see the good in the world
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Before the pain and the scourge
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The first person on earth
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In the quiet in the calm
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Before the storm
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You heard the dream for a love
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That never dies in a poem
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The first person on earth
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And I'm in love with you
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I'm in love with a dream
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That can not be realized
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Held or seen
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By the last person on earth
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After the earthquakes the hurricanes
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The fires and floods
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I'm jaded cynical angry and glum
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The world's too absurd and obscene
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For true love
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And more than happy to let me become
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The last person on earth
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To let me stand on a rock
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The muddy waters surround
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Abandoned alone
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The end soon to come
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As the last person on earth
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As the waters rise
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At the end of the world
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Though I bear the weight
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Of the rock and the dirt
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I know I'm worthy of your love
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As the last person on earth
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As the waters rise
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At the end of the world
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Though I bear the weight
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Of the rock and the dirt
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I know I'm worthy of your love
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As the last person on earth
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The First Person On Earth
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| Tracy Chapman |
