| I knew a man
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| Who lived in fear
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| It was huge, it was angry, it was drawing near
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| Behind his house
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| A secret place
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| Was the shadow of the demon
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| He could never face
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| He built a wall
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| Of steel and flame
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| And men with guns
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| To keep it tame
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| Then, standing back
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| He made it plain
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| That the nightmare would
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| Never ever rise again
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| But the fear and the fire and the guns remained
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| It doesn’t matter now
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| It’s over anyhow
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| He tells the world that it’s sleeping
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| But as the night came 'round
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| I heard its lonely sound
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| It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping
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| It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping
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| And then one day
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| The neighbours came
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| They were curious to know about
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| The smoke and flame
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| They stood around
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| Outside the wall
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| But of course there was
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| Nothing to be heard at all
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| «My friends», he said, «We've reached our goal
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| The threat is under firm control
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| As long as peace and order reign
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| I’ll be damned if I can see a reason to explain
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| Why the fear, the fire and the guns remain»
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| It doesn’t matter now
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| It’s over anyhow
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| He tells the world that it’s sleeping
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| But as the night came 'round
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| I heard its lonely sound
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| It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping
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| It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping
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| Stay out, stay out, stay out of here
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| Stay out, stay out, stay out of here
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| Stay out, stay out, stay out of here
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| Stay out, stay out, stay out of here
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| It doesn’t matter now
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| It’s over anyhow
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| He tells the world that it’s sleeping
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| But as the night came 'round
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| I heard its lonely sound
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| It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping
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| It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping
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| It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping |