Somber sister
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This is a strange and bitter fruit
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Because you taught me to sing
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And the rhythm in my heart
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And the rhythm in my feet is -
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Why are the rainbows
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Stolen from the sky
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And locked up in boxes
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Yellow, black, red and white
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Like birds in their cages
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Beating their wings on the bars
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And there's a song that they're singing
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It's a word in the world
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It's a word in their hearts
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A part hate
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I heard a man say
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Tear apart hate
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And I saw hope in his face
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A part hate
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Where the color of love
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Slips away
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Why are the children
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Carrying guns, not books
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Drug dealing, not learning
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The golden rule
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And the idea of freedom
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Not just the same
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Castle in the sky
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Haunted by white-sheeted ghouls
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Filled with hate me
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And hate you
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And proud of it too
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A part hate
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Heard a woman saying
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Tear apart hate
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And I saw hope in her face
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A part hate
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Where the color of love
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Slips away
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Why are the people
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Running down the block
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Rock throwing, not knowing
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What else to do
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But I'm just a spectator
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And I can never know the pain
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But when I hear
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That whip cracking
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I cry out tears of anger
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I cry out tears of shame
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A part hate
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I heard myself say
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Tear apart hate
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And I saw hope in my face
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A part hate
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Where the color of love
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Slips away...
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Tear apart hate tear apart hate
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Tear apart hate tear apart hate
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Tear apart hate tear apart hate...
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A Part Hate
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Cyndi Lauper |