We are not helpless, we are men
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What lies between us
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It can be set aside and ended
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Everyday we learn more how to hate
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Shut the door
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And then we tell ourselves we can't relate
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Only to the ones who are the same
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Yet even they are different
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And ever so they shall remain
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All are strangers, all are friends
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All are brothers
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Open up, my friend, and learn to hear
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For even lying
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But it has nothing you should fear
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If you cannot let yourself be known
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By anyone
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Then you are hiding and not whole
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All are strangers, all are friends
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All are brothers
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We, your children, we would ask you all
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Please do not hide your eyes
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And listen when we call
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We will whisper, shout, or make a scene
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We are the answer
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For we can live the peace we dream
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All are strangers, all are friends
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All are brothers
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Oh yeah, oh yeah
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Yes, America's children
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Are askin' everybody some questions about how it is
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Yes, America's children
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Are makin' it hard to look them in the eyes
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America's children
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Are makin' it hard to live lies, you know, whoa, it is
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And America's children
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Are diggin' that everywhere children
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Are diggin' we live on the earth
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We live on the earth, we live on the earth right now
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Yes, and it's right on, children of the earth, and it's right on
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Children of the earth, and it's right on
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Children of the earth and it's right on, right on, yeah
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This is what has made our nation free
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For life is change
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And only blind men cannot see
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The new order is upon us now
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It is the children
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They have the wisdom to be free
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All are strangers, all are friends
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All are brothers
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We Are Not Helpless
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Stephen Stills |