Key: D minor•
Verse 1
of the human tide of weakness
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I'll sing you a song
of a man
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who lived not very far from here
He was born at the end
of the Second War,
if you'll give or take a year
His face is known to all of you,
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but his name I can't divulge
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the population boss
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He grew out of the settling dust
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when the bombs had ceased to fall
He played upon the graves
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and never realized at all
To resurrect a nation,
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people sweated and they sinned
But a limbless man on paper legs
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will tumble in the wind
Turn around stranger,
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it's your face in the glass
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and pick the pieces from the ground
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stranger turn around
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and pick the pieces from the ground
In a calm, uncertain stillness
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politicians promised us
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They put their weapons in their mouth
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with the ration book in her hand
He grew into a world
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where escape was held supreme
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into the stranger's bed
To rid himself of the reason
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why the blood of youth was shed
Turn around stranger,
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it's your face in the mirror
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and pick the pieces from the floor
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stranger turn around
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and pick the pieces from the ground
The ideals of our promised land
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were trampled to the ground
And in their place
the weeds of power
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and wealth were to be found
But the image of the Patriots
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still swells the hearts of men
For the freedom to destroy ourselves
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we'll fight, and fight again
But the people grew unsettled
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of a man he once himself despised
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it's your face in the glass
Verse 2
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and pick the pieces from the grass
Verse 3
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stranger, turn around
Verse 4
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and pick the pieces from the ground
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Verse 5
He searches through the city streets
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for a face he used to know
He listens through the traffic
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for a voice from long ago
He's paused the face so many times
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reflected in his eyes
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Turn
Verse 6
around stranger,
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it's your face in the mirror
Verse 7
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and pick the pieces from the floor
Verse 8
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stranger turn around
Verse 9
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And pick the pieces from the ground
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsDm D Gm C F...
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