High above the forest in an unseen place
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Where the clouds will gather on another race
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In the dungeon depths of an unknown cave
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There's a stream that springs with a world to save
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I'm going to find it, I'm going to prove it
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And show the whole damned world how to use it
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When I find it, when I prove it
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I know that some damned fool is going to lose it
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It's the river of hope
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From the pool of tears
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It's the river of hope
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It's the river we lost for years
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And it gathers up strength as it rolls along
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And it gathers up hope for everyone
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But it runs to plains where the farmlands weap
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Through the brand new gardens where rich men sleep
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Past the chemical plant where the junk flows in
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By the nuclear project where the children swim
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Under bridges in a city where bodies float
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Where the summer smell keeps the flies remote
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Through the swamp of a ghetto where the mission was lost
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Where the dope is king and the silver boss
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Past the trash and wreckage from the garbage trucks
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Past the oil slick where the jail boat docks
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To a home in some sea at the nations end
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Where the submarine is freedoms friend
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If we need the river like we did before
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There can be no need for it lives no more
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River of Hope
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| Big Country |
