Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel)
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Verse:
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In this proud land we grew up strong
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We were wanted all along
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I was taught to fight, taught to win
I never thought I could fail
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No fight left or so it seems
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
I've changed my face, I've changed my name
But no one wants you when you lose
Chorus:
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Don't give up - 'cos you have friends
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Don't give up - you're not beaten yet
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Don't give up - I know you can make it good
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[verse]
Though I saw it all around
Never thought I could be affected
Thought that we'd be the last to go
It is so strange the way things turn
Drove the night toward my home
The place that I was born, on the lakeside
As daylight broke, I saw the earth
The trees had burned down to the ground
[chorus]
don't give up - you still have us
don't give up - we don't need much of anything
don't give up - 'cos somewhere there's a place where we belong
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Bridge:
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Rest your head
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You worry too much
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It's going to be alright
When times get rough, you can fall back on us,
Don't give up, please don't give up
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Got to walk out of here, I can't take anymore
Going to stand on that bridge, keep my eyes down below
Whatever may come and whatever may go,
That river's flowing, that river's flowing
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[verse]
Moved on to another town
Tried hard to settle down
For every job, so many men
So many men no-one needs
[chorus]
Don't give up - 'cos you have friends
Don't give up - you're not the only one
Don't give up - no reason to be ashamed
Don't give up - you still have us
Don't give up now - we're proud of who you are
Don't give up - you know it's never been easy
Don't give up - 'cos I believe there's a place
There's a place where we belong
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[Cm bass riff]
Don't give up, don't give up, don't give up
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// What makes mass society so difficult to bear //
// is not the number of people involved...but //
// the fact that the world between them has lost //
// its power to gather them together, to relate //
// and to separate them. -- Hannah Arendt, 1958 //
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