Our Man Walter Cronkite

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[Verse 1]
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Where are the arms of the world?
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They've always been able to find us
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Caught between borders and shores
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Reaching past danger and blindness
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My Mother wept over the headlines
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The Beatles appeared in my dreams
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"Hoo Boy" exclaimed our man Mister Cronkite

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As the Eagle touched down on blurry TV


[Verse 2]
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And where are the eyes of the world?
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They’ve always been able to see you
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Why did you give up and turn away
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At the moment that so many need you
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And the sight of children in cages
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While dog whistles stink up the place
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Everything's different but nothing much changes


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Our Man Walter Cronkite would be on the case
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And what will you miss when you're gone?
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Lovers and songs and light ever-changing
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And the sense that once you belong to something amazing
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It was something amazing

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[Verse 3]
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Where is the heart of the world?
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I always believed it could love me
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It's one of those things without words
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Like the sight of the stars shining above me
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My Father rode trains Monday to Friday
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His chin fell asleep on his chest
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I carry what's left somewhere inside me


[Outro]
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Our Man Walter Cronkite has gone to his rest
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Our Man Walter Cronkite is gone