AND AS THE..........
and as the pure......simple

PURE AND SIMPLE
(we are)
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sure
we are surely in america
and so must watch all goodness die
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surely
we know
to quietly watch the children die

for this is america
and the rich and mighty
do to us freely
what-e'er they may
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the war

the battle songs
the singing!

the ........

amid the war
there are
battle songs
of love

there are

amid

america
still there are americans
within america

who do not simply watch
the children die