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[00:00:22][music] [music] >> When my father [singing] [music] went to space, I woke up [singing] one morning [music] and he was gone.

[00:00:51]And I would lie out in [singing] the yard [music] and try to see a falling star, >> [singing] >> something [music] to wish upon, >> [singing] >> something [music] to wish upon.

[00:01:11]>> [music] >> And out there [singing] on the edge of things, [music] he would [singing] be freelancing.

[00:01:25]In the midnight sprinkled [music] sky, [singing] he would open up his hands and [music] go star [singing] dancing, star [music] dancing.

[00:01:42]And it's falling, >> [singing and music] >> always falling.

[00:01:47]And I >> [singing] >> would watch [music] it all to see me a [singing and music] star dancer, watch my father fall.

[00:02:01]>> [music] [music] >> And sometimes I would [singing] watch a star, it would break loose from the sky. [singing] >> [music] >> A tongue of fire [singing] in the air when a star falls home to die, home [music and singing] to die.

[00:02:36]>> [music] >> I always felt like [singing] father touched them.

[00:02:42]And if [music] the sky would turn, >> [music] >> somewhere beyond [singing] his hands, >> [music] >> another one was born, >> [music] >> another one was born.

[00:03:03]And it's falling, >> [music and singing] >> always falling.

[00:03:08]And I would watch [music] it all to see >> [singing] >> me a star dancer, >> [music] >> watch my father fall.

[00:03:24]And [music] for [singing] a man who needs a place >> [music] >> where he [singing] can see a star, the open [singing and music] land above the air is [music] where the [singing] answers are.

[00:03:50]When [music] stars go burning [singing] through the night, you can never touch [music] them all.

[00:04:02]On the razor [music and singing] edge of space, star dancers [music and singing] sometimes fall, star dancers. [music] And it's falling, [singing] always falling.

[00:04:21]And I would [music and singing] watch it all to see me a star >> [singing] >> dancer, >> [music] >> watch my father fall.

[00:04:40]And when my father [music and singing] went to space, I woke [music and singing] up one morning and he was gone.

[00:04:54]And I would [singing] lie out in the yard and try to [music] see a falling star >> [singing] >> I could wish upon, [music] star dancer, [singing] >> [music] >> star dancer, [singing] [music] >> [music] [music] >> The ocean is a silver band I would give [music] to you.

[00:05:55]If I had a gypsy [music and singing] band, I'd play a song or two, [music] and I'd say, "Hello, hey, sure is good to see [music and singing] you."

[00:06:13]If I had a magic jar, I'd [music] let you look inside.

[00:06:18][singing] If [music] I had a horse with wings, I would let you fly.

[00:06:29]And >> [music] >> I'd say, "Hello, [singing] hey, sure is good to know >> [music] >> you."

[00:06:46]>> [music] [music] >> If you'd like to [singing] walk in rain, I'd go with [music] you walking.

[00:07:11]If you'd like a hand to shake, I think I can find [music] one.

[00:07:19]And if someday you need [music] a song, I will [singing] give you this one.

[00:07:28]If someday [music and singing] you need a song, I will give you this one.

[00:08:15]>> [music] >> Why should I care?

[00:08:20]Why should I let it touch me?

[00:08:26]Why shouldn't I sit down and [music] try to let it pass over me?

[00:08:34]Why [singing] >> [music] >> should they stay?

[00:08:39]Why should I let [singing and music] it get me?

[00:08:44]What's the use of despair? [singing] I'll just [music] have to be carefree.

[00:08:51]All you get when you're down is a kick and a [music] frown.

[00:08:56]So why, oh why [singing] should I bother to care?

[00:09:01]>> [music] >> Why should I care?

[00:09:06]Why should I let it touch me?

[00:09:11]>> [music] >> Why shouldn't I sit down and try to let it pass over [music] me?

[00:09:20]Why should they stay?

[00:09:23]>> [music] >> Why should I let it [singing] get me?

[00:09:29]What's [music] the use of despair if they call you a square?

[00:09:35]>> [music and singing] >> You're a long time dead like my old pal, Fred.

[00:09:42]So why, oh why should I bother to >> [music] >> care?

[00:09:55]>> [music] [whistles] >> Why should I care?

[00:10:08]Why [music] should I let it touch me?

[00:10:13]>> [music] >> Why shouldn't I [singing] sit down and cry to let [music] it pass over me?

[00:10:22]Why should they [music] stare?

[00:10:26]Why should I let it [singing] get me?

[00:10:30]What's the [music] use of despair?

[00:10:32]>> [singing] >> If they call you a [music] square, if they see [singing] that you're blue, they'll look down [music] on you.

[00:10:42]So, why, oh, why should I bother to care? [singing] Mhm, bother to care.

[00:10:57]>> [music] [music] [music] >> Touch tripping for a day [singing] or two.

[00:11:28]I couldn't know [music] you any other way.

[00:11:33]We only [music] met because [singing] the Cheshire Cat decided >> [music] >> to play a [singing] game.

[00:11:42]If I knew the way, I'd ask her >> [music] >> to come and give you [singing] my regards.

[00:11:50]If I knew what train to tell you to go [music] in through [singing] the rain and sing for you where you are.

[00:12:02]>> [music] >> If I knew myself, [singing] I'd tell me not to be so [music] silent now.

[00:12:10]You see you are a >> [singing] >> place I've never been [music] before, and words I'm always lost >> [music] >> in a mystery.

[00:12:31]>> [music] >> Some people are in love [singing] with endings.

[00:12:43]They [music] dispense with all the rest.

[00:12:46]But it's okay if you discover [singing and music] beginnings are the best.

[00:12:55]Words [music and singing] are only artifices. They pretend to tell you what you already [music and singing] know.

[00:13:03]The song is yours forever.

[00:13:07]I just wanted [singing and music] you to know.

[00:13:15]Touch tripping [music] for a day [singing] or two.

[00:13:19]I couldn't know you any [music] other way.

[00:13:23]We only met because the Cheshire [singing and music] Cat decided to play a game.

[00:13:34]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [singing and music] [singing and music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] [music] [music] >> And [singing] it came to pass on the first day of July.

[00:16:26]The last man home from Vietnam [singing] was going >> [music] >> to arrive.

[00:16:35]The ship came [singing] in so silently.

[00:16:39]Its bow was ghostly white.

[00:16:42]>> [music] >> And [singing] when they looked upon the deck, there was [music] not a man inside. [singing] And then >> [music] >> the sea began to roll, and from the [singing and music] ship a line a line of broken [music and singing] children were from the ship that come.

[00:17:07]And the light of death [singing and music] was in their eyes.

[00:17:13]The broken children of Vietnam [singing and music] on the first day of July.

[00:17:21]>> [music] [music] >> And like [singing] a worm beyond [music] control through Washington at dawn, a line of ghostly [singing and music] children are from the White House lawn.

[00:17:46]And grown men would turn [music and singing] away now to see it anymore.

[00:17:54]To see the burning child running to the White House [singing and music] door.

[00:18:01]And no one found the >> [music] >> voice to hide.

[00:18:07]>> [singing] >> The burning children of Vietnam on the second >> [singing and music] >> of July.

[00:18:21]>> [music] >> And [singing] all from the land a line [singing] 10 miles long, >> [music] >> the dead children are coming home from the land of Vietnam.

[00:18:38]>> [music] >> Two men who got too [singing] far away from what was done in their name [singing] someday must all have to pay who never saw a child die.

[00:18:55]>> [music] [singing] >> The dead children [music] are coming home from the >> [music] >> land of July.

[00:19:07]And we go on with them across this angry land.

[00:19:15]A war that would [singing and music] never go away, all the thousand thousand hands.

[00:19:23]A voice [singing and music] like voices in a dream, a voice like somebody [music and singing] else's pain, or not, somebody else's pain, a voice within us >> [music] >> I find.

[00:19:41]And the hands of pain [singing and music] held to the sky, the burning [music and singing] children of Vietnam now I'm on the third day of of [music] July.

[00:20:02]>> [music] >> And then >> [singing] >> they came upon the [music] sea, and it opened up before them.

[00:20:13]And the >> [singing] >> children all went home >> [music] >> upon the ocean wide.

[00:20:20]And then the sky [singing] began to rage >> [music] >> and weep the land with tears of rage, and every year upon that [music and singing] day a hundred years go by.

[00:20:37]>> [music] >> It rains [singing] upon America >> [music] >> the fourth day of July. [singing] >> [music] [music] [music] >> They have [singing] been up for 17 days in a row.

[00:21:27]>> [music] >> Feeling like an angel in the snow.

[00:21:32]>> [music] >> Hey, what you doing to me?

[00:21:38]I don't have the time.

[00:21:41]People say [music] that life is strange and I can't make up my [music] mind.

[00:21:58]Love comes, love goes.

[00:22:02]It's so easy [music] to lose it.

[00:22:05]Well, if you really love [singing] me, you know you wouldn't have to prove it.

[00:22:12]Hey, what you doing [singing and music] to me? I don't have the time.

[00:22:18]People say that love is strange and I can't make up my mind.

[00:22:31]>> [singing] [music] >> My life's [singing] on fire.

[00:22:43]>> [music] >> What's it like out there?

[00:22:49]It's so green.

[00:22:50]I've never been >> [music and singing] >> so small before.

[00:22:56]And it's [music] so big, I think I see we all what we appear to be.

[00:23:06]>> [music and singing] [music] >> My life is like the young man getting space again.

[00:23:30]Risen and abandoned above the grace of rain.

[00:23:37]The magic flowers of Mars, they are so far from me.

[00:23:44]The visions [music and singing] of their crystal petals I shall never see.

[00:23:51]Hey, what you doing to me?

[00:23:53]I don't have the time.

[00:23:57]And people say that [music] life is short and I >> [music] >> don't have the time.

[00:24:08]Don't have the time.

[00:24:13]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> I knew my old man dressed in rags. [music] I traveled with him [singing] when I was [music] still a child.

[00:25:40]His constant companion, I [music] always did ride.

[00:25:53]The good book went [music and singing] with him through devil, wind, [singing and music] and sage.

[00:26:05]>> [music] >> The pages [singing] were yellow, tumbled down [music and singing] with age.

[00:26:18]The mark of >> [singing and music] >> his fingers was on every [music] page.

[00:26:34]In desert [music] dry country town, the people would come from sinning [singing] confusion.

[00:26:51]>> [music] >> They hear me run >> [music] >> and wait by >> [singing] >> the river >> [music] >> for the spirit of [singing] God.

[00:27:11]>> [music] >> The spirit of God, >> [singing] >> he would >> [music] >> lead them into the river, following to a song. [music] And [singing] he >> [music] >> would be kneeling and lashing and speaking >> [music and singing] >> in tongues.

[00:27:39]He drowned that old [singing] devil before he was done.

[00:27:45]>> [music] [music and singing] >> He would listen to the river and follow >> [singing] >> with the crowd. [music] And grace [singing] rose [music] upon them like a shining >> [singing] >> white cloud.

[00:28:15]He'd [music] say, "Get you some magic.

[00:28:18]You've got hold [music and singing] of God."

[00:28:26]>> [music] >> Well, I was much older when the desert [music] set in.

[00:28:36][singing] He couldn't hear the river and it couldn't [singing] hear him.

[00:28:53]His faith [music] and [singing] his money and he, they grew thin. [music] Well, he traded the good book for some [singing] road maps [music] and then all [singing] of those >> [music] >> highways, they just spread up [singing] around [music] him like nets.

[00:29:34]I guess that [music] he got [singing] lost and he got tangled up in them.

[00:29:45]>> [music] >> Got a little >> [singing and music] >> hold of magic, people laugh.

[00:29:55]They say [music] he lost the call.

[00:29:57]>> [singing] >> But every day [music and singing] I see old men like mountains and they just crumble [music] and [singing] they fall.

[00:30:14]And I don't [singing] know what >> [music] >> these days I'm doing to us [music] all.

[00:30:36]Old geezer >> [music] >> If everyone was well, when the day breaks, and the pieces fall on you, [music] won't you tell me where [singing] you are?

[00:30:52]You can phone if it's not too far.

[00:30:55]I'll get my old man to talk.

[00:30:59]But you'd rather talk about than think about.

[00:31:04]>> [music] >> You better get [singing] it together now.

[00:31:12]We can [music] go far to the ocean.

[00:31:17]When we [music] do, when we do, when we do, when [music] we do, tell me that you love me and >> [music] >> We can go [music] to the country club and read a magazine. [singing] >> [music] >> Oh, when my ship comes in, we're going to give it a spin.

[00:32:05]You talk with your body.

[00:32:08]>> [music] >> You got away with words.

[00:32:11]And let's [singing] get married on the floor.

[00:32:15]Then you can get off the When we do, when we do, when we do, when we do, >> [music] >> tell me that you love me that you love me and I do.

[00:32:37]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] >> I can't speak to you.

[00:33:30]I can't see that you don't smile.

[00:33:36]Can I please see you?

[00:33:39]Come on over here and talk to me. Oh, I Can't you see?

[00:33:44]Everything that wants to be must be.

[00:33:50]Tomorrow isn't yesterday >> [music] >> for long.

[00:33:54]If you don't hide, I can only see the wall.

[00:34:03]Can you see through the wall around you? Are you afraid that they will crumble, you will stumble, [music] they will tumble down on you?

[00:34:17]People only die when they've got nothing else to do.

[00:34:22]So, can I please stay here with you? Can I please stay here with you? Can I please stay here with you?