Take It From Dr King

Verse 1
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Down in Alabama, 1955,
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We not many of us here tonight were then alive,
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a young Baptist preacher led a bus boycott,
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he showed the way for a brand new day  -  without firing a shot.

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Don’t say it can’t be done, the battle’s just begun,
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take it from Dr. King, you too can learn to sing, so drop the gun !

Verse 2
Em
Oh, those must have been an exciting 13 years,
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young heroes, young heroines, there was laughter, there were tears,
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students sitting at lunch counters, children dancing in the streets,
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to think it all started with Rosa refusing  -  to give up her seat.

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Don’t say it can’t be done, the battle’s just begun,
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take it from Dr. King, you too can learn to sing, so drop the gun !

Verse 3
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Song, songs, kept them going and growing,
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they didn’t realize the millions of seeds they were sowing.
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They were singing on marches, even singing in   jail,
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songs gave them the courage to believe  -  they would not fail.

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Don’t say it can’t be done, the battle’s just begun,
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take it from Dr. King, you too can learn to sing, so drop the gun !

Verse 4
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We sang about Alabama 1955,
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but since September 11 we wonder will this world survive.
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but if the world learned a lesson from Doctor King.
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we can survive, we can, we will!   -   And so we sing …

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Don’t say it can’t be done, the battle’s just begun,
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take it from Dr. King, you too can learn to sing, so drop the gun !