I Come and Stand at Every Door

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But none can hear my silent tread
 I knock and yet remain unseen
 For I am dead, for I am dead.
 I'm only seven, although I died
 In Hiroshima long ago.
 I'm seven now, as I was then -
 When children die, they do not grow.
 My hair was scorched by swirling flame;
 My eyes grew dim, my eyes grew blind.
 Death came and turned my bones to dust,
 And that was scattered by the wind.
 I need no fruit, I need no rice.
 I need no sweets, or even bread;
 I ask for nothing for myself,
 For I am dead, for I am dead.
 All that I ask is that for peace
 You fight today, you fight today.
 So that the children of this world
 May live and grow and laugh and play!

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Duration
02:38
Key
5
Tempo
101 BPM

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