[Verse 1]
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I want to give you a thousand things; I want to give you this world.
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Full of children's laughing voices; I want to give you this world.
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Peel away the muddy darkness of our hate and fear.
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And we'll find a world of light. I want to give you this world.
[Verse 2]
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Once we could laugh and bare foot run; where did the happy days go?
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Where are sun and dew sweet grasses? Where did the happy days go?
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They are shackled in the prison of our self-born pride.
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Smash the bars and free the world; that's where the happy days lie.
[Verse 3]
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Once by the sea we could sit and sing. Where has the happy world gone?
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Where are sun and dew sweet grasses? Where did the happy days go?
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But we can't accept this blind world, filled with loss and pain;
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So we'll all roll up our sleeves; we'll make it flower again.