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_ I__ was___ born___ __ a r _ estless one__ _ _ _ ____ _I was__ _ _ __ born__ _ to learn the r _ eason why _ _
To take my troubles as they fall, to stand against the icy wind
To guard against con fusion and de cline_ _
To listen to the tongues of men, who tell me that I must be told
The meaning of my life and all its ends _ _ _
_ I__ was___ born___ __ to u _ nders tand__ _ _ _ ____ _I was__ _ _ __ born__ _ to lend a h _ elping hand_ _
To love the ones who cared to love, to be a friend to those in need
To help the weary traveller in the night _ _
For getting not the wasted soul, the beggar man, the con man
And the widow and the orphan in the street _
And the face of a t _ housand peo-p _ _ _ le__ the face of a thou__ _ -sand p eople _ _
Keeps telling me I'm out of step, re ality has passed me by
They're telling me that _I _ _ 've been wrong before _ _ _
_ I__ was___ born___ __ to c _ riti cize_ _ _ _ ____ _I was__ _ _ __ born__ _ to try to m _ ake things _ right _
To day I saw the world again, it seemed the same as yesterday
The splendour of its ruins and its shame _ _
Its towers rose a gainst the sky, re minding all that cared to look
That what's been built can be destroyed a gain _ _ _
_ I__ was___ born___ __ to k _ eep on trying__ _ _ _ ____ _I was__ _ _ __ born__ _ to have a d _ ream or two _ _
To taste the pleasures of the night, to know the joy of love's embrace
To cherish every moment that is mine _ _
To share my laughter with a friend, to sip the wine and not pretend
That there are those less fortunate than _I
And the face of a t _ housand peo-p _ _ _ le__ the face of a thou__ _ -sand p eople _ _
Keeps telling me I'm out to lunch, re ality has passed me by
They're telling me that I've _ _ _ been wrong be fore _ _ _
_ I__ was___ born___ __ to r _ eco gnize__ _ _ _ ____ to b _ _ _ e____ a ware__ _ of things that a _ re not r _ _eal
To tremble at the changing skies, too ominous to understand
When brothers meet u pon the battle lines _ _
When bodies clothed in uniforms, to reap the harvest of their pride
Lie scattered like the dead leaves on the sand _ _ _
_ I__ was___ born___ __ to s _ ing my song__ _ _ _ ____ _I was__ _ _ __ born__ _ to try to r _ each some one _ _
To penetrate the iron will, to try to make men understand
That being a human is no sin at all _ _
That beauty lies wi thin the wounds, of lonliness and dark despair
That heals to fall but still to rise a gain _
And the face of a t _ housand peo-p _ _ _ le__ the face of a thou__ _ -sand p eople _ _
Keeps telling me I'm out of step, re ality has passed me by
They're telling me that I've _ _ _ been wrong before _ _ _
They're telling me that I've _ _ _ _ _ _ been wrong be fore _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
