| See the child, dresses in rags in the street
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| Cold and homeless
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| Too weak to ask for just one scrap of food to survive
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| War, torn lives, shed their innoncent blood
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| On the pavement
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| As we all shake our heads from our ivory towers
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| Making righteous remarks as we’re wasting the hours
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| I hate what I see but I can’t look away
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| From the trainwreck we watch
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| From our armchairs each day
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| Are we powerless pawns in the games people play
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| I try and blind myself to the pain
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| But I can’t, no i can’t look away
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| Kids in school, learning lessons in life
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| Love and laughter
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| Such precious jewels, with a future so bright
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| Dreams so tall
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| An aimless soul, open fire, roos the world
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| Makes his exit
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| As we wonder what force could have turned him so wild
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| He was quiet, he was shy
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| He was somebodys child
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| I hate what I see but I can’t look away
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| From the trainwreck we watch
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| From our armchairs each day
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| Are we powerless pawns in the games people play
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| I try and blind myself to the pain
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| Disconnect my heart from my brain
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| But I can’t, no I can’t look away
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| We can’t stand idly by
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| No we can’t look away
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| And let one more child die, no!
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| As we all shake our heads from our ivory towers
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| Making righteous remarks as we’re wasting the hours
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| I hate what I see but I can’t look away
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| From the trainwreck we watch
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| From our armchairs each day
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| Are we powerless pawns in the games people play
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| I try and blind myself to the pain
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| Disconnect my heart from my brain
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| If we’re gonna change a world gone insane
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| We just can’t, no we can’t, no I can’t look away |