When I was nine years old
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The story of the railroad
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He said the men who laid it down
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And broke their backs to give us traction
And that's what he did for me
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Show your face, for we were wrong
Ne'er do wells and woebegone
Feel no shame, it won't be long
Do you ever stop to think
Who built those walls around you?
Do you ever wonder
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Because the hands that give you shelter
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And proof of what they're worth
Will live long after you and I are gone
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Show your face, for we were wrong
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Feel no shame, it won't be long
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Come on
I beg you listen with an open heart
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Forgive us for our trespasses
Were taught to us because
We were raised by people
Raised by people
When the world falls down around us
It'll lead to you our goal
It'll be to you we all come running
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Show your face, for we were wrong
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Feel no shame, it won't be long
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