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The Milky Way upon the heavens                 
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is twinkling just for you                     
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and Mr. Moon he came by                          
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to say goodnight to you 
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I'll sing for you I'll sing for mother           
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We're praying for the world                    
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and for the people everywhere                    
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gonna show them all we care 
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Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild 
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but you've build your own paradise 
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That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child   
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If all the people around the world              
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they had a mind like yours                       
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we'd have no fighting and no wars                
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there would be lasting peace on Earth 
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If all the kings and all the leaders           
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could see you here this way                      
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they would hold Earth in their arms             
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they would learn to watch you play       
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Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild 
           D5          B5  G5   A5 
but you've build your own paradise 
           D5      B5       G5         A5        B5   D5  G5   D5 
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping 

child                                                     
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Im gonna cover my sleeping child                 

(Keep you away)                                 
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Keep you away form the world so wild          
          G5                                     
Keep you away from the world... 
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away form the world so wild