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So you speak to me in sadness and the coming of the winter,
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fear that is within' you know that seems to never end,
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and the dreams that have escaped you and the hope that you've forgotten
	Em               G                   D
and you tell me that you need me now and you want to be my friend
	C                                     G                     D/F#
and you wonder where we're going, where's the rhyme and where's the reason
	 Em             G          D/F#
and it's you cannot accept it is here we must begin
	    Am
to seek the wisdom of the children
	 G                C            D
and the graceful way of flowers in the wind.
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For the children and the flowers for my sisters and my brothers,
Em                       Bm               C              D
their laughter and their loveliness would clear a cloudy day.
	 G            D/F#              C/E           G
Like the music of the mountains and the colors of the rainbow
	  Em             G              D7/F#        G       C/G   D7/G
they're a promise of the future and the blessing for today.
	   G              D/F#            C/E          G
Though the city starts to crumble and the towers fail around us
Em                  Bm            C               D
the sun is slowly fading and it's colder than the sea
      G                    D/F#        C/E                  G
it is written: From the de-sert to the mountains they shall lead us
       Em              G                   D
by the hand and by the heart and they will comfort you and me.
	 C                                 G                     D/F#
In their innocence and trusting, they will teach us to be free.
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	    Am
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	G                D/F#           C/E            G
For the children and the flowers for my sisters and my brothers,
Em                       Bm               C              D
their laughter and their loveliness would clear a cloudy day.
	 G             D/F#         C/E           G
And the song that I am singing is a prayer for nonbelievers
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come and stand beside us we can find a better way.




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