Ref:
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Shine on, brighter than the sun,
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Live for every moment, before the moment's gone, We
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shine on, you and me tonight,
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Way across the universe, Burning like a fire in the night;
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1) I was looking at a photograph,
2) There are those who can never cross,
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1) Taken in a garden long before the war,
2) The space between a father and a son,
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1) And out on the lawn, There were old men and dogs and little children,
2) When they are young, We must say all the words that should be spoken
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1) All of them gone forever;
2) Before they are lost forever;
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1) And there were people by the waterside,
2) And I was looking at a photograph,
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1) Standing in the same place where I am today,
2) Taken from a window way above the world,
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1) Nothing has changed - but you know,
2) And we've got to learn: we must
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1) That time is moving like a river, It can only be love forever;
2) leave here a garden for our children, When we are gone forever;
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1) Ah------- Ooh-----| We
2) Ah------- Ooh-----| We
1) Ref as above!
2) Ref as above, fade out and sing those words inbetween:
Leave here a garden for the children,
Leave here a new world,
In the night, in the night,
Burning like a fire in the night.