A little manchild
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High up at the window
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His trembling feet at the line
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Hey little manchild
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Do you see the people?
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From high above they're so kind
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Do you see the ravens?
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It's you whom they're calling
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"Come fly with me
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We keep on wandering
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And all the sorrows
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Are simply staying here"
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Fly with me over all nights and days
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To the eternal place
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Thereto where all are going
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1000 years away
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1000 years away
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A little manchild
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Lies there on the road
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Why in God's name?
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Hey little manchild
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Do you see the people?
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From down below they're so plain
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Do you hear the ravens?
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It's you whom they're calling
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"Come fly with me
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And all in morning all will be forgotten
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And you were never here"
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Fly with me over all nights and days
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To the eternal place
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Thereto where all are going
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1000 years away
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You'll be seeing where it's all begun
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Who makes the world go round
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There where we all meet one day
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1000 years away
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1000 years away
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On the 7th of December, 1995, around 6:30 PM,
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Peter flew with the birds. He was eleven years old.
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In that same month, a further 3 children flew like Peter.
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In the following year, 33 more followed.
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Peter had many friends.
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In his last letter he said good-bye to all of them.
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Also to his mother - but not to his father...
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Due to the impact with the ground, at the post-mortem,
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Peter's body showed no sign of the terrible mistreatment he had suffered.
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Later, in tears, his mother said that Peter - wherever he may now be -
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Need no longer live in fear of his drunken father
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1000 Years Away
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| Andi Deris |
