Key:
Introduction:
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The hills are alive with the sound of music,
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With songs they have sung for a thousand years.
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The hills fill my heart with the sound of music.
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My heart wants to sing ev'ry song it hears.
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My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds that rise
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from the lake to the trees.
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My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies
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from a church on a breeze,
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to laugh like a brook when it trips and falls
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over stones on its way,
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to sing through the night, like a lark who is learning to pray.
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I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
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I know I will hear what I've heard before.
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My heart will be blessed with the sound of music
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and I'll sing once more.