| Billy left when he heard the call
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| He knew it would come some day
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| Someone’s fight he believed to be right
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| For freedom of lands far away
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| The battle cry and the beat of the drum
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| Won the hearts of so many like him
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| There’s no justice when you live by the gun
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| You can’t turn back, there’s no turning back
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| After the hurt is gone
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| I know i’ll never run to the beat of the drum
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| I know we can’t be strong
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| Until we learn to give, we learn to live, again
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| All alone as the shadows fall
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| You’ve lost all your will to survive
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| How could so many have been so wrong
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| Was it the glory or was it the pride
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| You don’t know why you’ve gone this far
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| All you know is the fear of the gun
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| There’s only pain when the love is gone
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| And you know it’s wrong, you know it’s wrong
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| After the hurt is gone
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| I know i’ll never run to the beat of the drum
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| And I know we can’t be strong
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| Until we learn to give, we learn to live, again
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| As he looked out across the hills
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| He knew he would never be the same
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| No battle cry, no beat of the drum
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| No turning back, no turning back
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| After the hurt is gone
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| I know i’ll never run to the beat of the drum
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| I know we can’t be strong
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| Until we learn to give, we learn to live
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| After the hurt is gone
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| I know i’ll never run to the beat of the drum
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| I know we can’t be strong
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| Until we learn to live, we learn to give
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| After the hurt is gone
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| I know i’ll never run to the beat of the drum
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| I know we can’t be strong
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| Until we learn to give, we learn to live
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| After the hurt is gone |