Dont Hold Your Breath

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The biggest companies in the world in conference
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in Geneva by the lakeside
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Warm smiles friendly faces- Peace proposals in briefcases
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Lines of borders on the map on the table
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They replace with dotted lines
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We read about it in free newspapers
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Then they started to unwind
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Within a week all the refugees of the world
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Lived in five-star hotels
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Twenty-four hour room-service- free telephone- no bills
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And the trucks got through to Africa- into Eritrea and the Sudan
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Laden down with western surplus- it served it's purpose
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Eased a conscience or two

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She said don't fool me now- I believe every word that you said
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Don't hold out while it's sounding so good
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Don't fool around when what you believe could come true
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Don't hold your breath- Don't hold your breath

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US congress voted Texas back to the Mexicans
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California to the Jews
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Huge tracts of Arizona to the Navajo
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Nevada to the Sioux
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The twelve tribes of Israel got down in Gaza for the last time
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By the time they got to the West Bank- baby- it was Palestine
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The French stopped nuking the Pacific
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They planted trees in Brazil instead
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And they made Antarctica a world park- baby
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Plenty of ozone above your head

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She said don't fool me now- I believe every word that you said
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Don't hold out while it's sounding so good
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Don't fool around when what you believe could come true
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Don't hold your breath- Don't hold your breath

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All of my innocence long since turned to dust
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I carry my cynicsm- like a tourist with a camera

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Yeah! You and me my sweet darling- we'll grow old with grace
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And our children will grow up in the valley of love
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They'll be so damn well educated- they'll be so well informed
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And we'll sit back with our arms folded
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Watch 'em change it! Watch it burn!

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She said don't fool me now- I believe every word that you said
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Don't hold your breath- Don't hold your breath
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Don't hold your breath- Don't hold your breath

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