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The Byrds         I Come And Stand At Every Door  by N.Hikmet

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I come and stand at every door but no one hears my silent prayer
                                               
I knock and yet remain unseen for I am dead for I am dead
                      
I'm only seven although I died
               
In Hiroshima long ago
                                                     
I'm seven now and I was then when children die they do not grow
                             
My hair was scorched by swirling fire
                           
My eyes grew dim my eyes grew blind
                                
Death came and turned my bones to dust
                           
And that was scattered by the wind
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I need no fruit I need no rice I need no sweets nor even bread
                                                
I ask for nothing for myself for I am dead for I am dead
                      
All that I ask for is for peace
                       
You fight today you fight today
                          
So that the children of this world
                             
May live and grow and laugh and play

      From the "Fifth Dimension"  LP Columbia Records 1966