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Stuart Davis
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The children of Wales
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in their formative years
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can summon old Celtic
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with polyglot sneers.
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So, kids, what's the translation?
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I mean, how would you say
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"My useless language is dying away?"
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Study some numbers
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and you'll see whose dumb;
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to get into business
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you only need one.
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The world learns English
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to climb up a wrung.
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If you want to be heard,
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speak in this tongue.
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The Tower of Babel
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is now in reverse:
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We're bringing together
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what God had dispersed.
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It's not really true
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to say cultures collide.
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Some get erased and
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some spread out wide.
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Which brings us to you
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and your obsolete ways--
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We might use your dead language
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to coin a cute phrase.
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But the key to your future
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is learning to blend.
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Comprehende, Katalaves,
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Verstehen Sie, friend?
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The world learns English
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to climb up a wrung.
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If you want to be heard,
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you speak in this tongue.
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The Tower of Babel
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is now in reverse:
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We're bringing together
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what God had dispersed.
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World learns English
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to climb up a wrung.
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You want to be heard,
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speak in this tongue.
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The Tower of Babel
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is now in reverse:
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We're bringing together
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what God had dispersed.
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The Tower of Babel
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is now in reverse:
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We're bringing together
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what God had dispersed.
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Bringing together what God had dispersed.
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