I wanted to plant an orange tree
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Where no song will ever see one
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Where the trees have never yielded
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Only pulled-pin grenades
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All the way to Derry, my beloved
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On my boat, I sailed
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I told the men who were fighting
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I'm here to plant an orange tree
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Let's have a drink, let's go fishing
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Not a single war can last
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When beer and friendship
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And music make us sing
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Kill your gods for good
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Under no cross does love thrive
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It's men, not priests
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Who grow orange trees
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I wanted to plant an orange tree
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Where no song will ever see one
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It bloomed and it bore
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The sweet fruits of freedom