The Arc of Life Will Bend

The birds will sing, the snow will melt,

The seas will rise, the rivers swell

Men will fight and women weep -

And the arc of life will bend

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The little girls in broken lands

Will learn to walk, and run, and dance

But all too soon will learn to fear -

The arc of life will bend

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The children running in the street

Will grow to men and women too

But not a single one will know -

The arc of life will bend

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Their children in the streets once more

Will fight for freedom and for more

But when they’re done they’ll lie there sore -

The arc of life will bend