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The Great Divide
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THE GREAT DIVIDE
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Where the moon sinks low
In the southern sky
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On the open plains
Where the river runs dry
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Well, his feet are bare
Bare and dusty brown
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And a hot wind blows
Over sacred ground
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And a new day breaks
On the mountainside
Reaching out, reaching out
Over the Great Divide
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It's a long, long road
Stretching out ahead
Step by step, step by step
Over the Great Divide
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On a dead end street
In a border town
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Where the stray dogs sleep
In the midday sun
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Now the headline news
Is old and worn
The pages stained with blood and rain
And cheap red wine
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And his skin is black
The last of his tribe
And he turns his back
Turns his back
On the Great Divide
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And a new day breaks
On the mountainside
Reaching out, reaching out
Over the Great Divide
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Solid rock and burning sand
Weathered by the hand of time
Standing high above the storm
Cutting deep against the grain
The years have come and gone
Leaving all their scars behind
Where the hills begin to climb
There's a legend carved in stone
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And a new day breaks
On the mountainside
Reaching out, reaching out
Over the Great Divide
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It's a long, long road
Stretching out ahead
Step by step, step by step
Over the Great Divide
And his skin is black
The last of his tribe
And he turns his back, turns his back
On the Great Divide
It's a long, long road
That leads him home again (That leads him home again)
Step by step, step by step
Over the Great Divide
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Over the Great Divide
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The Great Divide
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Step by step, step by step
Over the Great Divide
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