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Created on: April 10, 2009
A NEW CITY ON THE HILL
Ancient cities covered with the sands of time
Hold the mystery many seek, and will never find
Like that ancient city, so it is in our life
Making our journey through happiness and strife
Times we try to bury the burdens that we bare
Beneath the sands of time when life seemed so unfair
Hoping that with time, we'll have a chance to heal
From the ruins resurrect a new city on the hill
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