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It was well conceived in theory but it doesn't work in life
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Comrade has to wonder: “Is it ever worth the effort?”
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Well I don't know, but I've been told not to hang on to my hope
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Well I don't know, but I've been told and I've been listening all my life
G D Em
If you're ever less than certain about the world
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Please don't let the worry make its way into your work
G D Em
And if you would stick up for me in the face of some adversity
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Know that I would only do the same
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Cuz it was well conceived in theory but it doesn't work in life
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But me I will not write it off not ever having tried
G D Em Em C C D
Well I don't know, but I've told not to hang on to my hope
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Well I don't know, but I've told that these are lies and they get old
G D Em Em
So look me in the eyes under expanding winter skies
C Em D
You'll find a feeling there that never knows the cold
G D Em Em
Look me in the eyes and the skeptic in me dies
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The skeptic is a fool, we are exceptions to the rule
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Cuz this is our land
D
This is our land
Em Em
I will cross it holding your hand
C Em D D
From Kursk ____ to Moscow we will not be turned away
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This is our land
D
This is our land
Em
I will cross it holding your hand
C Em
In crooked streets of Petersburg
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We are all the same
G D Em
So if you're ever less than certain about the world
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Please don't let the worry make its way into your work
G D Em
And if you would stick up for me in the face of great adversity
C Em
Know that I would do the same
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Know we are the same
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If you would stick up for me
Em C
Speak kindly and poetically
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You can be my personal ambassador to the world
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And if you're ever less than certain
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I will be your Iron Curtain
C Em
I will be your Berlin Wall
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And I will never fall