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Artist: Pete Seeger
Canonical path: /pete-seeger/if-this-world-survives
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If This World Survives
Read If This World Survives lyrics by Pete Seeger on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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If This World Survives
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If this world survives,
And every other day I think it might,
In good part it will be
Because of the great souls in our community.
There are a lot of them.
I've seen them walk
In lonely thousands down the city streets,
Or stand in vigils in the rain,
Or turn the handle of a print machine,
Or empty their purses as the plate comes by.
Or gaze into the camera's eye,
And answer the question: "Will the world survive?"
And they have said,
"We'll try. We'll try."
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