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PATTSMITH.
I WAS DREAMIN',
IN MY DREAMIN' OF AN ASPECT
BRIGHT AND FAIR.
AND MY SLEEPIN', IT WAS BROKEN,
AR$DREAM,
I THE FORM OF SHININ' VALLEYS
WHERE THE PURE AIR RECOGNIZED
AND MY SENSES, NEWLY OPENED,
I AWAKENED TO THE CRY
THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER,
THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER,
AND WHERE THERE WERE DESERTS,
I SAW FOUNTAINS.
AND LIKE CREAM, THE WATERS RISE,
AND WE STROLLED THERE TOGETHER
WITH NONE TO LAUGH NOR CRITICIZE.
AND THE LEOPARD AND THE LAMB
LAY TOGETHER TRULY BOUND.
I WAS HOPIN' IN MY HOPI
TO RECALL WHAT I HAD FOUND.
I WAS DREAMIN' IN MY DREAMIN'
GOD KNOWS A PURER VIEW.
AND WHEN I AWAKENED FROM MY SLEEPIN',
I COMMIT MY DREAM TO YOU,
THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER,
POWER,
THEPOWER TO DREAM,
TO RULE, TO WRESTLE THE EARTH FROM FOOLS.
IT'S DECREED. THE PEOPLE RULE.
IT'S DECREED. THE PEOPLE RULE.
AND I BELIEVE EVERYTHING WE DREAM
CAN COME TO PASS THROUGH OUR UNION.
WE CAN TURN THE WORLD AROUND.
WE CAN TURN THE EARTH'S REVOLUTION,
'CAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER.
THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER.
THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POW·-
THE POWER TO DREAM.
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