The Golden Age of Athens chords by Messolonghi Cultural Centre Choir

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Verse 1
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When the city  comes alive
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with the evening song,
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We dance in the shadow
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of the great Parthenon,
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A gift to our goddess,
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to Athena we pray,
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Built by the world that Pericles made.
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We bask in the glory with

Verse 2
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freedom of speech
Where words of the pauper
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weigh the same as the rich.
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Democracy might not be
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fair as it seems.
The??? living comfort
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we now live in disease.
We live, in disease.

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Verse 3
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Now Sparta is posed with their
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envious words
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Demanding a taste of what's
rightfully ours.
Times are changing,
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we're told to withdraw
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Into our city behind
walls of grandeur.
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O glorious Athens, arise and we'll sing
And all the soldiers of Sparta
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will bring.
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Pericles will lead us,
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and fields burn on fire
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So we can return to the
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life we desire,
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The life we desire.
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Verse 4
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But we dare not say,
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what the future will bring.
If the enemy conquers,
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we lose everything.
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So we pray to Athena to
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keep us here safe
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And Pericles not to seal our fate.
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We pray to Athena to keep us here safe,
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Not to seal our fate, not to seal our fate,
Not to seal our fate...