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Where I live in the desert, it's so peaceful and warm. |
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And the cares of the world drift by, like clouds reflected in a quiet pool |
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But there always comes a time, when a man has to think of the future, |
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(War, war, war!) Has to think of his children, (war, war, war!) |
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And the world they will live in (war, war, war, war!), |
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I'm not sure if I can do anything to help them, but I can try, I can try. |
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Time to build us a fire, seven hundred feet high, |
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We can fashion a fire (fire) that will reach the sky (reach the sky) |
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We can feed the flames with the unkind deeds we've done (with the fire), |
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'Cause we've got to get ready, for World War None. |
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(What we want is to burn our sins in a sort of furnace,) |
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(We'll be stoking the fire with the lies we know) |
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All our false suspicions we can burn them one by one |
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That will help us get ready for World War None. |
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(A little love is more effective than a rifle,) |
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(A little faith will take you farther than it can) |
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(The rule we follow is the one forever spoken) |
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(They haven't got the truth on their lips). |
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Keep on feeding the fire, till the fire is hot, |
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With those un-neighborly feelings we deny we've got. |
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Keep on trying for peace, until that peace is won. |
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Then you're practically ready for World War None. |
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(A whispered word or touch is louder than a bugle) |
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(A silent prayer is so much stronger than a sword,) |
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(And the bombs that can't replace the stained glass window) |
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For which we should thank the good Lord, thank the good Lord) |
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(Thank you, thank you, thank you) |
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If we cherish our fire (if we cherish our fire) |
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It could possibly be (it could possibly be), |
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Bright enough to be seen, (bright enough to be seen) |
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Far across the sea (far across the sea), |
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When those other countries (when those other countries) |
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what we have done (what we've done) |
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Maybe they'll help us get ready (get ready, get ready) |
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(World War None!) |