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	I've been waiting for something to happen						I've been waiting for something to happen
	For a week or a month or a year						For a week or a month or a year
	With the blood in the ink of the headlines						With the blood in the ink of the headlines
	And the sound of the crowd in my ear						And the sound of the crowd in my ear
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	You might ask what it takes to remember						You might ask what it takes to remember
	When you know that you've seen it before						When you know that you've seen it before
	Where a government lies to a people						Where a government lies to a people
	And a country is drifting to war						And a country is drifting to war
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	And there's a shadow on the faces						And there's a shadow on the faces
	Of the men who send the guns						Of the men who send the guns
	To the wars that are fought in places						To the wars that are fought in places
	Where their business interest runs						Where their business interest runs
1							On the radio talk shows and the T.V.	1
3	On the radio talk shows and the TV							3
	You hear one thing again and again						You hear one thing again and again
	How the U.S.A. stands for freedom						How the U.S.A. stands for freedom
	And we come to the aid of a friend						And we come to the aid of a friend
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	But who are the ones that we call our friends						But who are the ones that we call our friends
	These governments killing their own?						These governments killing their own?
2	Or the people who finally can't take any more						Or the people who finally can't take anymore	2
3	And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone						So they pick up a gun, or a brick, or a stone	3
4							And there are lives in the balance	4
5	There are lives in the balance							5
	There are people under fire						There are people under fire
	There are children at the cannons						There are children at the cannons
	And there is blood on the wire						And there is blood on the wire
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	There's a shadow on the faces						There's a shadow on the faces
5	Of the men who fan the flames						Of the men who fan the flame	5
	Of the wars that are fought in places						Of the wars that are fought in places
6	Where we can't even say the names						We     can't even say the name	6
7							They sell us the President the same way	7
7	They sell us the president the same way							7
	They sell us our clothes and our cars						They sell us our clothes and our cars
8	They sell us every thing from youth to religion						They sell us everything        from youth to religion	8
	The same time they sell us our wars						The same time they sell us our wars
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	I want to know who the men in the shadows are						I want to know who the men in the shadows are
	I want to hear somebody asking them why						I want to hear somebody asking them why
	They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are						They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
	But they're never the ones to fight or to die						But they're never the ones to fight or to die
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	And there are lives in the balance						And there are lives in the balance
	There are people under fire						There are people under fire
	There are children at the cannons						There are children at the cannons
	And there is blood on the wire						And there is blood on the wire

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