Tonart: Db major
Verse 1
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Al Stewart
So here we stand at the edge
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of 1984
Bracing ourselves once
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again
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For the storm approaching as those
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Who long before huddled in
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caves from the rain
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The enemy's face is so hard to see
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Sometimes it seems that I see
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Sometimes in me
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No use consulting the prophets
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and leaders they all disagree
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Verse 2
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Russians and Americans,
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Who carry the weight of the world
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Russians and Americans,
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You really believe all the things
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The red- white- and- blue
running into the red
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Verse 3
From the wars of Europe,
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the pilgrim fathers
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Set off with their hopes
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and their bond
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Some settled down by the coast,
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The mountains an d into
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From scramble and dust
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Merchants develop the trade routes,
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And open the door to the East.
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Choked by the cold breath of winter,
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Or baked by the heat of the day
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Verse 4
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Russians and Americans
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Passing through the fire of re volu
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tion and coming of age
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Russians and Americans
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two players push to the front of the stage
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The whole world now watches each move that you make
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Two runners caught in the thrill of the race,
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The finishing line is as far as the
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stars that the satellites chase
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Why does it seem that you choose to lose
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reason before losing face?
Verse 6
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Russians and Americans
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the third world moves in the shadows you cast
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Could turn the world to dust,
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so much to live for, so much undiscussed
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So much in common and so little trust
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Verse 7
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From the streets of Athens and Rome
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the voices still echo to crumbling walls
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Look to the past and remember no empire rises
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that sooner or later won't fall
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Some people say that a country
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is more and idea than a place
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We still choose the mark that we leave
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on the open canvas of space
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Verse 8
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Russians and Americans
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Maybe you should see into the heart of the world,
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Russians and Americans
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If you want to be the feet of the world,
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better mind where you tread,
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The footsteps of history
are left where you step
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Verse 9
So here we stand at the edge of 1984
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