Verse 1:
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The pagodas and the palaces
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Dressed in gold leaf hide the damages
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Spot the Geisha as she balances
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Life's a cakewalk, full of challenges
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Go to Russia, see the Red Square
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Lenin's body lying dead there
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From Kyoto, Hiroshima
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Watch the black cloud crawling nearer

Pre-Chorus 1:
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There were riots in America
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Just when things were getting better
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All the things I've done and seen
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Still I don't know what life means

Chorus:
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All the people living in, living in the world today
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We're united by our love, we're united by our pain
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Ooh, all the things that I've done and I've seen
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   Still, I don't know, don't know what it means

Verse 2:
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Fly to Athens, pass the Parthenon
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See the village where my father's from
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To Chicago from Angola
    D           A
São Paulo to Verona

Pre-Chorus 2:
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And anywhere you go, you'll see -Ooh-
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People are just like you and me -Ooh-
        D                   A
All the things I've done and seen
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Still, I don't know what life means

Chorus:
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All the people living in, living in the world today
        Gbm         D            A            Db7
We're united by our love, we're united by our pain
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Ooh, all the things that I've done and I've seen
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   Still, I don't know, don't know what it means
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To be human -Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-
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      -Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-
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   Still, I don't know, don't know what it means
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   To be human, a real human being

Bridge:
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I like to think about how we all look from afar
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People driving fancy cars look like beetles to the stars
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The missiles and the bombs sound like symphonies gone wrong
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And if there is a God, they'll know why it's so hard

Chorus:
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To be human -Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-
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      -Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-
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To be hu-  still, I don't know, don't know what it means
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   To be human, a real human being
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-To be human-I want connection, ooh
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I wanna feel human again
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-To be human-Lost my direction, ooh
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I wanna feel human again

Outro:
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To be human
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To be human
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To be human
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To be human
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