(Lyrics and music by James Seals, 1980)
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Well the people in Israel want peace, and the people in Egypt, they cry peace.
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And the people in America, they say please, set these people free.
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Israel, I know you, you are brave, you are proud. Your voices loud but sometimes gentle.
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And the ages recall the days of Abraham.
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Now the people in Israel built the Wailing Wall. And the people in Egypt built the pyramids so tall.
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And the people in America built the spaceship that would not fall. Now we've seen it all.
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Israel, you are water. Give us life to the desert land.
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May your people be like the cool oasis for a tired world on its spiritual journey, oh.
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From the spirit of Egypt there's a new song. And in the soul of Israel that plays on.
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In the mind of America there's a new dawn. Lead us on and on.
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Spoken: "America, I love you. Through the darkness, you are light.
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Again in friendship, your arms are open to all people, wrong or right."
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Oh America, you're beautiful, you are shining like the sun.
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Again in victory, behold the from the love, the peace shall come.
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Egypt, Israel & America
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Seals & Crofts |