[Intro]
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They say he was a pillar of industry
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Well, God made some pillars, so some must filler be.
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Like me, a simple servant of the company
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My humble tongue begins his eulogy
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[Verse 1]
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When only a small boy with no mother’s love
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And no answers from the Great Dancer up above
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And no firm father to guide him
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He watched a wild horse, and longed to ride him
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And legend has it that on that day
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He planted two tiny feet in that wild horse’s way
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That mighty stallion with a deathly eye
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The stars looked down to watch a child die
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But as the horse reared up to crush his tiny bones
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Its heart grew cold, cold as river stones
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For it saw the steel in the soul of the child
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And knew that no more would it run free and wild
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And so our hero tamed his untamable horse
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That was the beginning of his winning course
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And from that moment ‘til the end of his days
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The people of this land would hear him say
[Chorus]
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It takes all kinds of people to make a world
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It takes all kinds of people to make a world
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From the farmer in the field to the spaceman in space
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Everybody has a reason, a purpose and place
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[Verse 2]
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Well, he was ten he started his first company
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Less than five feet tall, but already somebody
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By the time he was sixteen he owned a warehouse block
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Where he traded in trailers, trucks, lights and livestock
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Then came that famous day you all know
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He went to buy a hacienda down in Mexico
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Fell in love with a señora, begged her to get engaged
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The main problem was, she was three times his age
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The other problem was, she was already hitched
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To a real hijo de puta, a sonofabitch
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They agreed to duel in the abandoned aeropuerto
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The husband said “you can have her over mi cuerpo muerto”
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Our hero said “Sí - esto no es muy difícil”
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Then he shot so fast it looked like his hands were holding still
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With his dying eyes the husband looked up to see the circling birds
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And then he heard those famous words:
[Chorus]
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It takes all kinds of people to make a world
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It takes all kinds of people to make a world
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From the farmer in the field to the spaceman in space
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Everybody has a reason, a purpose and place
[Verse 3]
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You know the story as well as I do
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But I’ll fill in the blanks now - at least I’ll try to
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He returned to his homeland with his aged bride
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Four hundred labourers at his side
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He said “I’ll seize the knocking fists of opportunity and history
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I shall build an empire of diligence and industry
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Shaped like a pyramid, all golden, aglow:
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With my office at the apex and the others below!”
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We all worked together to build his dream
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In the swelter of the smelter and the sweat of the steam
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Though many hands cramped and many muscles ached
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Oh how we laughed on our coffee breaks
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For we dreamed of the day when the work would be done
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And at last it seemed that great day had come
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The pyramid glistened like a golden fire
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But he said “No, it’s not high enough, it needs to be higher!”
[Chorus]
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It takes all kinds of people to make a world
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It takes all kinds of people to make a world
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From the farmer in the field to the spaceman in space
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Everybody has a reason, a purpose and place
[Verse 4]
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Now it’s true that some grumbled and some were sure
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Those famous words were simply a non-sequitur
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But with a soft sigh we went back to work for many years
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Our families and our fiancés collected their heartbroken tears
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‘Til one day the unthinkable happened:
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Young José was high up on the scaffold
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He screamed like a baby bird abandoned in a tree:
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“¡Dios mío, muchachos, you must come and see!”
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There under the cyclops eye of the endless sun
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We climbed the scaffolding one by trembling one
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Truly it was an evil sight to behold:
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There was our jefe, imprisoned in gold.
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Murdered with molten metal, now pinned there gruesomely
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With only God’s unblinking eye and of course us to see
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We had to leave his body to the hungry birds
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But deep in the pyramid’s face we carved these words:
[Chorus 2]
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It takes all kinds of people (All kinds of people)
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It takes all kinds of people (All kinds of people)
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It takes all kinds of people (All kinds of people)
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It takes all kinds of people to make a world
[Outro]
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They say he was a pillar of industry
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Well, God made some pillars, so some must filler be.