A church is burning
paul simon

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A church is burning         the flames rise higher
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like hands that are praying aglow in the sky
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like hands that are praying the fire is saying
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you can burn down my churches but I shall be free

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three hooded men thru backroads did creep
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torches in their hands while the village lies asleep
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down to the church where just hours before
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voices were singing and hands were beating and saying I won't be a slave anymore

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and a church is burning, the flames rise higher
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like hands that are praying aglow in the sky
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like hands that are praying the fire is saying
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you can burn down my churches but I shall be free

three hooded men, their hands lit the spark
then they faded into the night and they fanished in the dark
and in the cool light of morning there's nothing remains
but the ashes of a bible and a can of keorsene

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a church is more than just timber and stone
and freedom is a dark road when you're walking it alone
but the future is now and it's time to take a stand
so the lost bells of freedom can ring out in my land

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burn down my churches but I     shall be free