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Books Are Burning [Live on the Late Show, BBC TV]
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Books are burning in the main square
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And I saw there, the fire eating the text
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Books are burning in the still air
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And you know where they burn books, people are next
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I believe the printed word should be forgiven
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Doesn't matter what it said
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Wisdom hotline from the dead back to the living
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Key to the larder for your heart and your head
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Books are burning in our own town
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Watch us turn 'round and cast our glances elsewhere
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Books are burning in the playground
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Smell of burnt book is not unlike human hair
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Well, I believe the printed word is more than sacred
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Beyond the gauge of good or bad
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The human right to let your soul fly free and naked
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Above the violence of the fearful and sad
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The church of matches
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Anoints in ignorance with gasoline
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The church of matches
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Grows fat by breathing in the smoke of dreams, it's quite obscene
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Books are burning, more each day now
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And I pray now, you boys will tire of these games
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Books are burning, I hope somehow
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This will allow, a phoenix up from the flames
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