Key: G major
Verse 1
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Into the water,
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so clear an d blue
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The crowds are cheering,
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willing her through
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She wins the heat,
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The dream is over for four
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more years
Verse 2
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Back in the homeland she
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strained and strived
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Each day she sweated, from e'er a child
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To clinch the gold and the coloured rings
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the masses wings
Verse 3
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But darkness came to her Syr ia
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With bombs and bullets,
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the reign of war
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Through burning Lebanon, she had to flee
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down to the sea
Verse 4
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Into a boat there, by dark of night
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all taking flight
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So overburdened, the en gine fails
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In open water without a sail
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Verse 5
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They're too far out now,
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no turning back
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Nothing behind them
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to bring them back
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The young and old now will surely drown
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Miles from safe harbour without
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a sound
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Verse 6
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Into the water, so dark and cold
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Her and her sis ter , they pull the boat
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Their faces frozen, limbs tired and weak
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Over the abyss of the Ae
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before school
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The sea is only a bigger pool
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It's just the gold now is in the boat
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Tied to these rings at
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the ends of rope"
Verse 8
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And if the ancients had known
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She'd be the pride of
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all ancient Greece
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She'd have the gold and
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the laurel wreaths
Verse 9
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And from that day forward most
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They'd know the fame of
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that brave young girl
Gdim
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Who lost her home but who
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saved the dream
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And held it gleaming for all to see
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Who gave back hope to a world
Verse 10
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And showed through courage
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disgraced ath letes
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Who gave back meaning
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most real again
They chant that noble
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Olympi
Verse 11
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Olympia
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Olympia
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Olympia
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Verse 12
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Into the water,
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so clear and blue
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The crowds are cheering,
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willing her through
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She wins the heat,
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The dream is over for four
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