2:23:02
And old Babushka
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Holds a crying baby in her arms
2:23:10
A soldier from the other side
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A man of heart and pride
2:23:18
Breaks ranks, lays down his rifle
2:23:23
To kneel by her side
2:23:33
He gives her water
2:23:36
Binds her wounds
2:23:38
And calms the crying child
2:23:42
Her touch gives absolution then
2:23:46
Across the great divide
2:23:50
He picks his way back through
the broken
2:23:54
China of her life
2:23:58
And there at the kerb
the Samaritan Serb
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Turns and waves
2:24:06
Good-bye
2:24:15
-And each small candle
- Each small candle
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- Lights a corner of the dark
- Lights a corner of the dark
2:24:23
- Each small candle
- Each small candle
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- Lights a corner of the dark
- Lights a corner of the dark
2:24:31
Each small candle
lights a corner of the dark
2:24:35
- When the wheel of pain stops turning
-And the branding irons stop burning
2:24:39
- When the children can be children
- When the desperadoes weaken
2:24:44
- When the tide rolls in to greet them
-And the natural law of science
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- Greets the humble and the mighty
-And a billion candles burning
2:24:51
Lights the dark side
of every human mind