Because once there was a man
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Who wanted to build a castle in the air
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In a time when dreaming was forbidden
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And yet flew beyond the clouds
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And because there once was a woman
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Who saw the world around her
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In a time of war and madness
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And couldn't close her eyes
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To violence and oppression
Free to choose for ourselves
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What we want to live for
Because of people like them
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And because there once was a time
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In which a child, because of name and color and race
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Was no longer sure of their life
And because there were people
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Who, at risk of their own lives
Free to choose for ourselves
Because of people like them
The soldiers on the beach
Because of people like them
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Free to choose for ourselves
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What we want to live for
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Or to write it down
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To castles in the air
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Doesn't oppress the other
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That one day on the ruins
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You can build a new city again
Because of people like them