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Young Paul decides upon a future |
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And he asks from her a favor |
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He wants to know if she will tell him |
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If he's for |
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Hell or he's for |
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HeavenIf he's for hell he'll show no sorrow |
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Until he's born again tomorrow |
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If he's for |
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Heaven there's no reason |
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To lament the passing season |
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She says, don't be a fool, son |
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There aren't any rules, son |
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And as she spoke, he lost his faith |
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He asked her name, she told him |
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LaurieProceeded to give him her life story |
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She was a teacher and a scholar |
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They built a statue in her honor |
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Then she became a slave in ancient |
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AthensShe doesn't know quite how it happened |
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Now she paints faces in the city |
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Making all those ugly girls look pretty |
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She says, look at this town, son |
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Take a good luck around, son |
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Why should anyone here be saved? |
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So he says, every crooked lane that you can see |
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Every open home, every hollow tree |
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Is a home for creatures loved by me |
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And oh, to be counted among them |
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Among them |
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Oh, to be counted among them |
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Among them |
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Oh, to be counted among them |
