C Am I saw my brother in a stranger's faceF G I saw my sister in a smileC Am My mother's laughter in a far off placeF G My father's footsteps in each mileAm Em I thought I knew who my neighbor wasF G We didn't need to be redeemedC Am Oh, what could I have been thinking of?F G C Was it all some kind of dream? [Verse]C Am I saw my country in the hungry eyesF G Of a million refugeesC Am Between the rocks and the rising tideF G As they were tossed across the seaAm Em There was a time when we were themF G Just as now they all are weC Am Was there an hour when we took them in?F G C Or was it all some kind of dream? [Verse]C Am I saw the children in the holding pensF G I saw the families ripped apartC Am And though I try, I cannot beginF G To know what it did inside their heartsAm Em There was a time when we held them closeF G And weren't so cruel, low, and meanC Am And we did good unto the least of thoseF G C Or was it all some kind of dream? [Bridge]C Am Em F G C AmF G C [Verse]C Am I saw justice with a tattered hemF G I saw compassion on the runC Am But I saw dignity in spite of themF G I prayed its day would finally comeAm Em There was a time when we chose our sidesF G And we refused to live betweenC Am We rose to fight for what we knew was rightF G C Or was it all some kind of dream? [Verse]C Am Last night I lay in my true love's bedF G And she lay there close besideC Am And we lay thinking 'bout what lay aheadF G And wondering if the sun would riseAm Em For it seems that these are darker daysF G Than any others that we've seenC Am Oh, how we wished that we weren't wide awakeF G C And this was all some kind of dreamC Am Oh, how we wished that we weren't wide awakeF G C And this was all some kind of dream
All Some Kind Of Dream
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