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(Jimmy Cliff) |
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Eh-yeah, wonderful world, beautiful people |
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You and your girl, things could be pretty |
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But underneath this there is a secret |
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That nobody can repeat |
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Take a look at the world and the state that it's in today |
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I am sure you'll agree we all could make it a better way |
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With our love put together ev'rybody learn to love each other |
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Instead of fussing and fighting, cheating, back-biting, |
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Scandalising and hating |
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Baby, we could have a wonderful world, beautiful people |
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You and your girl things could be pretty |
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But underneath this there is a secret |
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That nobody can repeat - yeah now |
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Man and woman, girl and boy, let us try to give a helping hand |
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This I know and |
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I'm sure that the love we all could understand |
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This is our world, can't you see |
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Ev'rybody wants to live and be free |
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Instead of fussing and fighting, cheating back-biting |
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Scandalising and hating |
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Yeah, we could have a wonderful world, beautiful people |
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You and your girl things could be pretty |
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But underneath this there is a secret |
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That nobody can repeat - mmh yeah yeah |
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We could have a wonderful world, beautiful people .... from ' |
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Wonderful |
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World, Beautiful |
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People' (1970) |