| Where I live in the desert, it’s so peaceful and warm
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| And the cares of the world drift by, like clouds reflected in a quiet pool
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| But there always comes a time, when a man has to think of the future
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| (War, war, war!) Has to think of his children, (war, war, war!)
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| And the world they will live in (war, war, war, war!)
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| I’m not sure if I can do anything to help them, but I can try, I can try
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| Time to build us a fire, seven hundred feet high
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| We can fashion a fire (fire) that will reach the sky (reach the sky)
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| We can feed the flames with the unkind deeds we’ve done (with the fire)
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| 'Cause we’ve got to get ready, for World War None
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| (What we want is to burn our sins in a sort of furnace,)
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| (We'll be stoking the fire with the lies we know)
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| All our false suspicions we can burn them one by one
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| That will help us get ready for World War None
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| (A little love is more effective than a rifle,)
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| (A little faith will take you farther than it can)
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| (The rule we follow is the one forever spoken)
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| (They haven’t got the truth on their lips)
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| Keep on feeding the fire, till the fire is hot
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| With those un-neighborly feelings we deny we’ve got
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| Keep on trying for peace, until that peace is won
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| Then you’re practically ready for World War None
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| (A whispered word or touch is louder than a bugle)
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| (A silent prayer is so much stronger than a sword,)
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| (And the bombs that can’t replace the stained glass window)
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| For which we should thank the good Lord, thank the good Lord)
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| (Thank you, thank you, thank you)
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| If we cherish our fire (if we cherish our fire)
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| It could possibly be (it could possibly be)
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| Bright enough to be seen, (bright enough to be seen)
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| Far across the sea (far across the sea)
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| When those other countries (when those other countries)
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| See what we have done (what we’ve done)
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| Maybe they’ll help us get ready (get ready, get ready)
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| For World War None
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| (World War None!) |