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Joan Baez
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(Words and Music by Joan Baez)
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I'll put flowers at your feet and I will sing to you so sweet
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And hope my words will carry home to your heart
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You left us marching on the road and said how heavy was the load
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The years were young, the struggle barely had it's start
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Do you hear the voices in the night, Bobby?
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They're crying for you
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See the children in the morning light, Bobby
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They're dying
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No one could say it like you said it, we'd only try and just forget it
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You stood alone upon the mountain till it was sinking
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And in a frenzy we tried to reach you
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With looks and letters we would beseech you
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Never knowing what, where or how you were thinking
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Do you hear the voices in the night, Bobby?
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They're crying for you
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See the children in the morning light, Bobby
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They're dying
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Perhaps the pictures in the Times could no longer be put in rhymes
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When all the eyes of starving children are wide open
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You cast aside the cursed crown and put your magic into a sound
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That made me think your heart was aching or even broken
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But if God hears my complaint He will forgive you
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And so will I, with all respect, I'll just relive you
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And likewise, you must understand these things we give you
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Like these flowers at your door and scribbled notes about the war
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We're only saying the time is short and there is work to do
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And we're still marching in the streets with little victories and big defeats
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But there is joy and there is hope and there's a place for you
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And you have heard the voices in the night, Bobby
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They're crying for you
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See the children in the morning light, Bobby
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They're dying
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© 1972 Chandos Music (Ascap)
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