Key: C
Introduction:
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Well, I wrote this song on New Year's Eve
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Thinking of days gone by
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Dreaming of all good things to come
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Singing that Auld Lang Syne
verse 2
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And I hope this year won't be like the last
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I hope that my money will hold
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I hope that the days won't go by too fast
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I hope that my good gal will show
verse 3
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And I hope I can be some use to this world
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I won't be too prideful to try
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Realize that sometimes it only takes one
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To make a difference in another one's life
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And I hope I can find the courage to speak
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When there's something that needs being said
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And I hope that my words will not tear us apart
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But to bring people closer instead
Verse 5
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And I hope all this useless killing will stop
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I hope that the hatred will slow
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I hope there's a calm come over the hand
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Of the one's who have anger to show
Verse 6
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And I hope that the families displaced by war
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Find a country so brave and so bold
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To let down their guards and open their arms
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To the one's who have nowhere to go
Verse 7
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And I hope that the raging flood waters subside
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and it rains on dry mountains and fiery hillsides
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That the winds of change blow swift through our hearts
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And we'll lay down our weapons, not fire the first shot
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at the one's who march brave on the streets arm-in-arm
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And their stories be told, and their causes live on
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And we'll right all our wrongs, put an end to our war
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and we'll reach for compassion till there's bloodshed no more
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And we teach every child so they might rise above
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and the power means nothing in a world without love
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Don't cha see?
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Don' cha see?
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Don't cha see?