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What about Tonight?
There's a ring around the moon tonight
But no one stops to pause
To look up at the beautiful sight
Or wonder about its cause
There's a gunshot in the streets tonight
But no one questions why
Or stops to aid the boy's plight
Before he begins to die
There's a fracture in this country tonight
But no one ponders its effect
Or attempts to stop this spreading blight
As is grows from our neglect
There's a war in the world tonight
But no one rises to defend
The rules that governed our life's light
Because we're too engrossed in playing pretend
But no one stops to pause
To look up at the beautiful sight
Or wonder about its cause
There's a gunshot in the streets tonight
But no one questions why
Or stops to aid the boy's plight
Before he begins to die
There's a fracture in this country tonight
But no one ponders its effect
Or attempts to stop this spreading blight
As is grows from our neglect
There's a war in the world tonight
But no one rises to defend
The rules that governed our life's light
Because we're too engrossed in playing pretend
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