Long Hard Year

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It's been a long hard year, all the goodbyes and the tears, 
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And the smoke keeps on rising, 
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California disappears, it all disappears. 

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Well the streets have been busy, no songs left unsung, 
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Turn the radio up mama, 
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I think we have won. 

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Who won according to who is red and there's blue, 
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And rainbows held up high, 
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And eagles set to fly. 

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Praise God, pass the bread, not afraid to shed, 
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However many graves, 
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Straight through the head. 

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My country 'tis of thee, 
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Sweet land of liberty, 
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For those with the privilege, 
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May I say this bitterly. 

G 
It's been a long hard year, all the goodbyes and the tears, 
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And the smoke keeps on rising, 
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California disappears, it all disappears. 

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So put your seatbelts on, click, we are going through, 
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The thick, thin and the wise, 
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The guilt in our eyes. 

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Well it must be almost over, it's all too much to bear, 
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I'm calling in sick, 
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So please hold a prayer. 

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There's Egypt and Greece, the Minneapolis police, 
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Portland and France, 
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Under quite the circumstance. 

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Well the night passes soon on to the morning dew, 
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There's stories of the past, 
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Him and her and me and you. 

G 
It's been a long hard year, all the goodbyes and the tears, 
C 
And the smoke keeps on rising, 
G               D 
California disappears, it all disappears. 

G 
It's been a long hard year, all the goodbyes and the tears, 
C 
And the smoke keeps on rising, 
G               D 
California disappears, it all disappears. 

G 
It's been a long hard year, all the goodbyes and the tears, 
C 
And the smoke keeps on rising, 
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California disappears, it all disappears.