What We Say

Em

[Verse 1]

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Somewhere across the sea I heard of people building ships and boats
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Building hard
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Building very hard

[Verse 2]

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In lands I've never seen there are people leaving homes
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Growing tired
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Growing very tired

[Verse 3]

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A dream of lovers, holding hands, and being so far apart
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And they cry
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And they're crying

[Verse 4]

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Centuries of running puts us right back at the start
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And we try
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And we're trying

[Interlude]

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[Verse 5]

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Our father, he was a plainsman, he made a living from the land
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Every day
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Every single day

[Verse 6]

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Somewhere across the sea I heard of men who couldn't understand
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What we say
     A
What we're saying