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Real Words to "Save the People"

When wilt thou save the people?

Oh, God of mercy, when?

Not kings and lords, but nations

Not thrones and crowns, but men

Flowers of thy heart

O God, are they

Let them not pass like weed(s) away

Their heritage

A sunless day

God save the people

Shall crime breed crime forever

Strength aiding still the strong

Is it thy will, O father

that men shall toil

For wrong?

No, say thy mountains

No say thy skies

Man's clouded sun shall brightly rise

And songs be heard

Instead of sighs

God save the people

When wilt thou save the people?

O god of mercy, when?

The people, lord the people

not thrones and crowns, but men

God save the people

For thine they are

Thy children as thine angels fair

God save the people

From despair...

God save the people

(slower, belt voicing) When wilt thou save the people?

Oh god of mercy, when?

The people, lord, the people

Not thrones and crowns, but men

God save the people (save us)

For thine they are (for thine they are)

Thy children as thine angels fair

Save the people

(etc.)

God save the people!

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