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In a land of a billion what's a few hundred million? |
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Empty buildings, cement on the ceilings |
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Cut the lifeline and left a population reeling |
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Breaking off the future without thinking of the children |
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I heard a girl cry, saw a boy laugh |
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Saw the future turn white in a camera flash |
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As the camera snaps, it all blows past |
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No more light now, it's growin all black |
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See the future but can't make it change |
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So I say my prayers for those who aren't of age |
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As behind closed eyes I see the unmarked graves |
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And I, try to smile, but my expression's - changed |
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What will they do with the playgrounds |
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When the ones who used to play there don't come round |
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And there's no one to replace them |
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A generation crying out because we couldn't save them |
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Who will wash them, who will bathe them? |
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Commemorate them in their last days? |
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And in a mother's eyes, and a father's face |
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I glimpse a painting that was left untraced |
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What about your deepest feelings? |
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What about your broken heart? |
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What about someone who's there |
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When everything else falls apart? |
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A true brother, a true sister |
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Is there with a helping hand |
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When you cry, you'll find my shoulder |
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When you need me, I'll be there |
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One child, one child |
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One child might be a king |
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One child, one child |
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She could be everything |
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Top university with big dreams |
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The best school in the country was in Beijing |
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She was smart with a bright future - He had a smile like hers |
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and caring eyes, that looked right through her |
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Cold winter, but he made her warm |
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So when he asked her out she texted right back - sure |
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Her roommates all teased her |
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When his picture showed up on her phone screensaver |
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Same classes, the same major |
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Together all day from 6 AM until he made her |
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Go home to sleep, and in her dreams |
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She didn't count sheep, she saw him as her savior |
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Their first kiss in a corner of the campus |
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His lips were untrained but she taught him manners |
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At three months, they had a special date |
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Rented a hotel room with the money he had saved her |
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At four months, it turns out she's late |
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They both knew that the moment had sealed their fate |
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A pregnant woman can't run the rat race |
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It was done in three hours on a Saturday, ay |
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What about your deepest feelings? |
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What about your broken heart? |
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What about someone who's there |
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When everything else falls apart? |
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A true brother, a true sister |
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Is there with a helping hand |
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When you cry, you'll find my shoulder |
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When you need me, I'll be there |
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One child, one child |
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One child might be a king |
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One child, one child |
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She could be everything |
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Married in the fall; pregnant by the spring |
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Their future was as bright as the diamond on her ring |
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By the summer it was clear that the winter would bring |
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Another life into their family, that's what they had dreamed |
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The new year brought a new life into the world |
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A new generation, a little baby girl |
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Finally, they felt so complete |
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Named her faith: their future, made concrete |
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Mom went back to work, dad taught his class |
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Grandma watched the child while grandpa took a nap |
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But in their hearts, they felt a hole |
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Next to little baby faith where another should go |
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But the law said one child is all they need |
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More than that is unpatriotic indeed |
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Another child means paying steep taxes and fees |
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And they were told: it's just one more mouth to feed |
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So when her belly gets large again |
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The moment should be joyful but it's hard on them |
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In their own family, they don't have a voice |
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Because the law says the country doesn't have a choice |
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What about your deepest feelings? |
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What about your broken heart? |
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What about someone who's there |
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When everything else falls apart? |
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A true brother, a true sister |
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Is there with a helping hand |
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When you cry, you'll find my shoulder |
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When you need me, I'll be there |
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One child, one child |
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One child might be a king |
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One child, one child |
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She could be everything... |
