Sing a song of hope or sorrow
There's another day or no tomorrow
Time it keeps moving forward
and if I don't I'll get left behind
Take a flight like a distant shore bird
look away and I'll be fine
By the power invested in me
I fly away across the sea
Like a stone before it's sculpted
Like a song before it's sung
like an art before it's painted
Like a deed before it's done
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