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Redemption Day by Johnny Cash

I've wept for (1)__________ who (2)____________ long. But how I weep for (3)__________ who've gone
Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong, but keep on killing
It's in the soul to feel such things, but (4)________ to watch without speaking
Oh (5)________ mercy sadness brings, if God be willing

There is a train that's (6)______________ straight to heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way, child and man and (7)__________ wait
Watch and wait, for redemption day

Fire (8)__________ in the streets and swallows everything it meets
It's (9)________ an (10)__________ often seen on television
Come leaders, come you men of great, let us hear you pontificate
Your many (11)______________ laid to waste
And we aren't listening

There is a (12)__________ that's (13)______________ (14)________________ to heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way, (15)__________ and man and woman wait
Watch and wait, for redemption day

What do you have for us today?
Throw us a (16)________ but save the (17)__________ on why we (18)____________ til so late
Was there no oil to excavate?
No (19)____________ in trade for the fate of every person who died in hate?
Throw us a bone, you men of great

There is a train that's heading straight to heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way, child and man and woman wait
Watch and wait, for (20)____________________ day

It's buried in the countryside
It's exploding in the shells at night
It's everywhere a baby cries
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, (21)______________
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