While there's still lightning
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While a thundering bolt still falls
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While the wind stirs the sea
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And the fish sing their song
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While we can flee to the south
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While the sun rises in the east
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While you're in the north
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And to the west we have New York
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While one can weave and weave
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Or cry in a lonely corner
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They say that all the cycles of yesterday
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Are now the cyclones of today
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But no, no, no, I'm not leaving
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While tenderness is a gift
And thus combat their wars
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The sky is on our side
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And no, no, I'm not going to Mars
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While there's love left on Earth
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While the toads still croak
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And the blackbird knows its trill
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While we drink the wine
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That at night might make us howl
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While behind a thin wall
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There are people making love on a pallet
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They'll say that all the cycles of yesterday
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Are the cyclones today
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But no, no, no, I'm not leaving
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While tenderness is a gift
And thus combat their wars
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The sky is on our side
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And no, no, I'm not going to Mars
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While there's love left on Earth
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I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving
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I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving
I only know that I'm not leaving
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That no, no, no, I'm not leaving
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Keep building boats
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While tenderness is a gift
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Make an art of peace
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To thus combat their wars
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The sky is on our side
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And no, no, I'm not going to Mars
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While there's love left on Earth
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That it's no life without life or love