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WITH FIVE KIDS ON A FARM,

OLD TOM WOULD SEE THEY MET NO HARM

THE RIDE TO TOWN AN HOUR NOW,

WOULD TAKE A WHOLE DAY FROM THE PLOW

AND SURE THE STORIES HE WOULD TELL,

LIKE WHERE WAS HEAVEN, WHAT WAS HELL

WERE ALL THE KIDS WOULD EVER KNOW,

AND THEY'D PASS THEM ON LIKE THEY WERE SO

AND THEY WERE ALL THEY HAD, OR SO IT SEEMED TO BE

NO ONE THEY COULD DEPEND UPON,

NOT AS FAR AS THEY COULD SEE

OLD TOM STOOD AS A GIANT, LIKE A ROCK, AN OLD OAK TREE

ALL THE BOYS WOULD COME TO KNOW,

THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD GROW TO BE

WITH BARRIERS OF ROCK AND SEA,

THIS LAND WOULD FILL OUR EVERY NEED

WE'D CLING TOGETHER, BUILD UP WALLS,

INVINCIBLE, WE COULDN'T FALL

AND IF YOU CAME FROM THE OUTSIDE,

YOUR DIFFERENCES YOU'D HAVE TO HIDE

SAFE TOGETHER WE BELONG,

WHERE MIGHT IS RIGHT WE DO NO WRONG

AND WE WERE ALL WE HAD, OR SO IT SEEMED TO BE

AS LONG AS WE'D STAND TOGETHER,

THE REST WOULD LET US BE

THE COUNTRY STOOD AS A GIANT,

LIKE A ROCK, AN OLD OAK TREE

AND ALL THE CHILDREN SANG THE SONG,

MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE

WITH EVERY MIND AND EVERY HEART,

WE RECOGNIZED OUR COMMON START

ROCKS COULD SHAKE AND RAIN COULD FALL,

AND NO ONE HAD TO BE IT ALL

WE WONDERED WHERE THE BORDERS WENT,

WE KNEW WHAT NEIGHBORS REALLY MEANT

AND NO ONE HAD TO STAND ALONE,

AND ALL THE PLANET WAS OUR HOME

AND WE WERE ALL WE HAD,

AND ALL THAT WE WOULD EVER NEED

AND EVERYONE WAS BEING FED,

WHEN ONE OF US WOULD PLANT A SEED

AND EACH OF US A GIANT, EACH A ROCK, AND EACH A TREE

AND WE WISHED FOR EACH OTHER,

WE LIVE A LIFE FULFILLED AND FREE

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