Oh what have we here, he must be three or four,
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Shaken out of a boot on its way back to war
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And he¡¯s not looking for a father or a mother,
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Just a seven year old brother,
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On this smudged line border camp of refugees,
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I am the one who will remember everything.
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I am the one who will remember everything.
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So where are we now, he must be five or six,
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Just running around, hungry kids, sharpened sticks.
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And he will grow with pain and fear and jealousy,
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Taken in by schools of zealotry,
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Who train orphans to make orphans evermore.
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I am the one who will remember everything.
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I am the one who will remember everything.
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I am the one who will remember everything.
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I am the one who will remember everything.
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You drink the smoke, you ride the noise
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You drink the smoke, you ride the noise,
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And you say it¡¯s necessary,
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And you forget the ordinary
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But I say, on the wheel of time,
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Scour the Earth and find the
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Orphans of forgetting, all the orphans of forgetting,
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Give them stars for math and praise for good play,
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Here¡¯s a Band-Aid, happy birthday,
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Yes of course I did remember,
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I remember everything.
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Oh come over here, kid we¡¯ve got all these books to read,
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With the turtles and frogs, cats and dogs who civilize the centuries,
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And in a world that¡¯s angry, cruel and furious,
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There¡¯s this monkey who¡¯s just curious,
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Floating high above a park with bright balloons.
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I am the one who will remember everything.
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I am the one who will remember everything.
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I am the one who will remember everything.
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I am the one who will remember everything.
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Everything¡¦
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I Am The One Who Will Remember Everything
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Dar Williams |