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From Way Up Here

From Way Up Here
(Malvina Reynolds)

    From way up here, the earth looks very small
    It's just a little ball of rock and sea and sand
    No bigger than my hand.
    From way up here, the earth looks very small,
    They shouldn't fight at all down there,
    Upon that little sphere.
       Their time is short, a life is just a day
       You'd think they'd find a way
       You'd think they'd get along
       And fill their magic days with song.

    From way up here, the earth looks very small,
    It's just a little ball,
    So small, so beautiful and clear.
       Their time is short, a life is just a day,
       Must be a better way
       To use the time that runs
       Among the distant suns.

    From way up here, the earth is very small,
    It's just a little ball,
    So small, so beautiful and dear.

(Copyright Malvina Reynolds)
from the singing of Larry Hanks. 1962: Malvina Reynolds Songbook, 1974
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