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Happy New Year
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2[Verse]
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3No more champagne, and the fireworks are through,
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4here we are, me and you feeling lost and feeling blue.
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5It's the end of the party, and the morning seems so gray..
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6so unlike yesterday, now's the time for us to say..
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8[Chorus]
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9Happy New Year, Happy New Year,
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10may we all have a vision now and then,
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11of a world where every neighbour is a friend.
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12Happy New Year, Happy New Year,
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13may we all have our hopes, our will to try,
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14if we don't, we might as well lay down and die,
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15you and I.
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17[Verse 2]
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18Sometimes I see how the brave new world arrives,
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19and I see how it thrives in the ashes of our lives.
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20Oh, yes, man is a fool and he thinks he'll be OK,
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21dragging on (ooo) feet of clay (ooo), never knowing he's astray,
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22keeps on going.....anyway.
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24[Chorus]
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25Happy New Year, Happy New Year,
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26may we all have a vision now and then,
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27of a world where every neighbour is a friend.
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28Happy New Year, Happy New Year,
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29may we all have our hopes, our will to try,
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30if we don't, we might as well lay down and die,
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31you...and I.
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33[Interlude 2]
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35[Verse 3]
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36Seems to me now that the dreams we had before
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37are all dead, nothing more than confetti on the floor.
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38It's the end of a decade, in another ten years time
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39who can say (ooo) what we'll find (ooo),
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40what lies waiting down the line,
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41in the end of...eighty-nine?
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43[Chorus]
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44Happy New Year, Happy New Year,
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45may we all have a vision now and then,
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46of a world where every neighbour is a friend.
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47Happy New Year, Happy New Year,
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48may we all have our hopes, our will to try,
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49if we don't, we might as well lay down and die,
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50you...and I.
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