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Artist: Runrig
Canonical path: /runrig/wall-of-china
Related lyric paths: 6
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Wall of China
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Wall of China
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They say the wall of China's seen from the moon
They keep building empires to mortal fools
But where the world goes small you stood alone
To face Goliath and the might of Rome
Where the rock sets hard your arms hit strong
Digging out your road ten thousand paces long
Fragments of survival in the driving rain
With the blood and tears that bear your name
On and on the meek the strong
On and on the meek the strong
They built the wall of China with a million men
Thought that broken promises would wear you thin
But they didn't count on things they couldn't see
One island man with heart of steel
On and on the meek the strong
On and on the meek the strong
On and on the meek the strong
On and on the meek the strong
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