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Genesis (In The Beginning)
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Don McLean
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In the beginning there was nothingness and God but waved his hand
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and from the endless void there sprang the beauty of the land
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and high above the canyon walls the diamond stars were new
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and breezes blew from nothingness and herbs and grasses grew
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and silent creatures roamed the Earth and multiplied their [Do7]kind
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and man was but a molecule that God had left behind.
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We have grown we have grown, we have captured the throne
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of the kingdom God made for our winning.
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We have grown we have grown, but our children alone
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have so little time left for beginning.
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And mountains sprang and chaos rang the overture of life
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and rivers coursed the twisted blade of natures sharpest knife
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and cut beneath the rolling dales a gateway to the sea
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while tidal waves and mighty gales were heard in symphony
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and sunshine fell upon the waves and warmed the virgin land
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and from the mud a drop of blood was left upon the sand.
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And eagles flew from craggy peaks above the garden wall.
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The drop of blood became a man, the tree of life grew tall.
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And perfect in his loneliness, a rib pulled from his chest
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formed a sweet companion of pulchritude and breast.
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And from the tree of knowledge God said they could not eat.
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And perfect was their paradise unto the serpent at their feet.
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Tree of knowledge, tree of death, upon the ground they trod.
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The serpent said your eye's will see and ye will be a god.
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Defy the word and eat the fruit and ye will never die
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and you will chart your destiny and rule the Earth and sky.
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And man was banished east of Eden. See what we have lost.
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For though the father sets the price, the children pay the cost.
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