Intro: E A x2
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Hey... I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
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Mommy loves to work and daddy loves to play
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Sometimes daddy got to go far away
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I'm too young to go quiet in the night
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Try to put me to sleep I'm gonna give it a fight
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I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
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I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
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Wake you up at 5 am
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Before the sunrise I'll be your friend
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And you know I don't like for you to take too long
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Just come running when you hear this song
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I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
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I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
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Well now....I'm gonna miss you now Mr. Far Away
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Paint a picture of you and send it off today
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And when you come home you can bring it back to me
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Color in the lines, define this whole world for me
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I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
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I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
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Practice makes perfect and that I agree
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So don't be surprised that I want to be free
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I know what I know and that's all that I know
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But I been told you reap what you sow
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I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
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I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
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Mama's telling me what to eat today
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But I don't feel like I'm gonna go that way
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What I need is something sweet and nice
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What I need is a treat alright
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I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
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I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
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Set the children free. Set the children free
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Set the children free
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Free up their hearts, free up their minds
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Set the children free
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Free up their dreams and their imagination
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Set the children free
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Set the children free