I Wonder Why We All Can't Live As One
Harrell 1991

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It seems to be so simple, you just take care of your family,

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Read stories to your children, share their fun

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Have respect for your life's partner, for your father and your mother,

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For aunts and uncles, cousins, every one

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I wonder why we all can't live as one

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Why we shut our doors, turn our backs and run

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Why we couldn't treat a stranger like a daughter or a son

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I wonder why we all can't live as one

It used to be so simple, we would go to church on Sunday

The boys would shine their shoes, Mom made a pie

We would sit there all together while we listened to the sermon

Then lifted up our voices to the sky

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It used to be so easy to be proud of this great country

Where so many kinds of people could live free

Where our rights were well protected and our leaders were respected

The process had a place for you and me

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