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Cry Freedom

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How can I turn away 
Brother/Sister go dancing 
Through my head 
Human as to human 
The future is no place 
To place your better days 

Cry freedom cry 
From a crowd 10,000 wide 
Hope laid upon hope 
That this crowd will not subside 
Let this flag burn to dust 
And a new a fair design be raised 
While we wait head in hands 
Hands in prayer 
And fall into a dreamless sleep again 
And we wave our hands 

Hands and feet are all alike 
But gold between divide us 
Hands and feet are all alike 
But fear between divide us 
All slip away 

There was a window and by it stood 
A mirror in which 
He could see himself 
He thought of something 
Something he had never had but hoped would come along 
Cry freedom, cry 
From deep inside 
Where we are all confined 
While we wave hands in fire 
Wave our hands 

Hands and feet are all alike 
But gold between divide us 
Hands and feet are all alike 
But fear between divide us, 
Slip away 
In this room stood a little child 
And in this room this little child 
She would remain 
Until someone might decide 
To dance this little child 
Across this hall 
Into a cold, dark, space 
Where she might never trace her way across this crooked mile 
Across this crooked page 
Cry freedom, cry 
From deep inside where 
We are all confined 
Till we wave our hands 

How can I turn away 
Brother/Sister go dancing 
Through my head 
Human as to human 
The future is no place 
To place your better days 

Hands and feet are all alike 
But gold between divide us
Hands and feet are all alike 
But fear between divide us 
Hands and feet are all alike 
Hear what I say 
Hear what I say 
Oh, so be it 

How can I turn away 
Brother/Sister go dancing 
Through my head 
Human as to human 
The future is no place 
To place your better days

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