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Don McLean
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Every thread of creation is held in position
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By still other strands of things living
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In an earthly tapestry hung from the skyline
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Of smoldering cities, so gray and so vulgar,
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As not to be satisfied with their own negativity,
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But needing to touch all the living as well.
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And every breeze that blows kindly is one crystal breath
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We exhale on the blue diamond heaven:
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As gentle to touch as the hands of the healer,
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As soft as farewells whispered over the coffin.
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We're poisoned by venom with each breath we take
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From the brown sulfer chimney and the black highway snake.
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And every dawn that breaks golden is held in suspension
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Like the yolk of the egg in albumen.
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Where the birth and the death of unseen generations
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Are interdependant in vast orchestration,
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And painted in colors of tapestry thread
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When the dying are born and the living are dead.
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And every pulse of your heartbeat is one liquid moment
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That flows through the veins of your being.
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Like a river of life flowing on since creation
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Approaching the sea with each new generation,
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You're now just a stagnant and rancid disgrace
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That is rapidly drowning the whole human race.
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And every fish that swims silent, every bird that fly freely
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Every doe that steps softly,
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Every crisp leaf that falls, all the flowers that grow,
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On this colorful tapestry, somehow they know
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That if man is allowed to destroy all we need
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He will soon have to pay with his life for his greed
Empty Chair with Lyrics - Don McLean
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