| People, won’t you listen
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| To the story I wanna tell
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| About this world we’re living in
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| I hope you listen well
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| We’re avoiding all the problems
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| And we’ve thrown away the truth
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| With brothers fighting brothers
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| The devils on the loose
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| We’ve lost the word humanity
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| Yes, in God we trust
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| The things we called invincible
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| Have now all turned to dust
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| Yeah, yeah
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| I see a world that’s hungry
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| A world that full of fears
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| Reaching out for happiness
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| For drowning in their tears
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| We’ve polluted all the waters
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| The food and, yes, the air
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| We’re killing our great mother earth
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| Does anybody care
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| Yeah, do you care
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| Ooh, yeah
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| Wake up, children, oh, yeah
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| Wake up, children
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| And what about the children
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| And the generations to come
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| Will they look back on our history
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| And curse the things we’ve done
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| All it takes is a decision
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| And it’s one we’ll have to make
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| To save our world and all mankind
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| I hope it’s not too late
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| Yeah, not too late
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| Wake up, children, ooh, yeah
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| Wake up, children
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| I wanna talk to you this evening, children
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| (Wake up, children)
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| I wanna tell you a story that you need to hear
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| (Wake up, children)
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| Yeah, brother to brother, can’t you hear me talking
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| (Wake up, children)
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| Sister to sister, can’t you hear me talking
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| (Wake up, children)
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| Nation to nation, can’t you hear me talking
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| (Wake up, children)
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| Yeah, we’ve got to love one another… |