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Created on: May 18, 2008 Last Updated: February 09, 2009
OUR BIRDS
Fly, fly, fly, my friends
No one here will cry
Now you can soar up and away
Into the big blue sky
No cages there will hold you
No one will even try
To stop you from going up
Into the big blue sky
Your time here was us was not long
No one can really say why
But now you must leave us and go
Into the big blue sky
We will stay here and be happy
That you're finally free to fly
We will stay here and miss you
Because it's time now to say goodbye
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