A dream came to me at night
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When the boats were in the sea
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A dream of the black death of earth
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Two voices came singing to me
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Wind, water, fire, and stone
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Storms of sand, closing over the sun
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Sand, fire, water, and wind
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How can we begin again?
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But you can't sink a rainbow
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In a world that is green
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You can't make the night any brighter
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By even one star
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Awake, awake, awake
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Oh the rivers are poisoned
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And the lakes are gone
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The dolphins are dying
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And the whales have lost their song
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But you can't sink a rainbow
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In a world that is green
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You can't make the night any brighter
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By even one star
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Awake, awake, awake
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Once I saw a man
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Who said he'd seen a flock of nightingales
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Once a child recalled the sound of rain
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Like silver angel's wings
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Like a lost and homeless thing
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The planet spins her way through space
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Drugged and battered like a woman
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Who can't recall her face
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Remembering the way she used to shine
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Rivers in the sea
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Shine, herons on the wing
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And hear the crickets sing
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A million forest birds
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The sea her mantle green
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Like a banner of bright hair
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Around her shoulders
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But you can't sink a rainbow
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In a world that is green
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You can't make the world any brighter
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By even one star
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Awake, awake, awake
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Wind, water, fire, and stone
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Storms of sand, closing over the sun
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Sand, fire, water, and wind
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How can we begin again?
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But you can't sink a rainbow
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In a world that is green
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You can't make the night any brighter
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By even one star
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Awake, awake, awake
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A dream came to me at night
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When the boats were in the sea
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A dream of the bright death of earth
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Wind, Water, Fire And Stone
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| Judy Collins |
