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It was well conceived in theory but it doesn't work in life
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Comrade has to wonder: ?Is it ever worth the effort??
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Well I don't know, but I've been told not to hang on to my hope
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Well I don't know, but I've been told and I've been listening all my life

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If you're ever less than certain about the world
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Please don't let the worry make its way into your work
    G		       D		Em  		
And if you would stick up for me in the face of some adversity
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Know that I would only do the same

	    G		     D	           Em	           Em	C C D	
Cuz it was well conceived in theory but it doesn't work in life
    G		  D	            Em	       Em    C C D	 	
But me I will not write it off not ever having tried
             G              D           Em            Em    C C D 
Well I don't know, but I've told not to hang on to my hope
             G              D		        Em	          Em  C C D
Well I don't know, but I've told that these are lies and they get old

    G	          D	      Em	       Em
So look me in the eyes under expanding winter skies
	       C 		 Em		  D		
You'll find a feeling there that never knows the cold
G	       D	    Em	          Em
Look me in the eyes and the skeptic in me dies
    C            Em             D	        D
The skeptic is a fool, we are exceptions to the rule

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Cuz this is our land 
         D   
This is our land 
        Em               Em 
I will cross it holding your hand
      C			     Em		   D             D		
From Kursk ____ 	to Moscow we will not be turned away

         G
This is our land 
         D
This is our land
        Em	
I will cross it holding your hand
     C  	      Em
In crooked streets of Petersburg
D                    D   D   D
We are all the same

   G               D                 Em	  
So if you're ever less than certain about the world
C		     Em	            D	          D	
Please don't let the worry make its way into your work
     G	 	       D                Em                   
And if you would stick up for me in the face of great adversity
C                 Em
Know that I would do the same
D
Know we are the same

G	           D	  
If you would stick up for me
       Em         C	
Speak kindly and poetically
C	      Em        D		 D	 
You can be my personal ambassador to the world
    G              D      
And if you're ever less than certain
Em	        C 	
I will be your Iron Curtain
C	        Em	
I will be your Berlin Wall
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And I will never fall