If I Can Dream was written by Walter Earl Brown and famously performed by Elvis Presley. It was inspired by the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, symbolizing a call for hope and change in turbulent times. It was featured in the 68 Comeback Special.
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There Must Be Lights Burn-ing Bright-er Some-where
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Got To Be Birds Fly-ing High-er In The Sky More Blue;
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If I Can Dream Of A Bet-ter Land, Where All My Brothers Walk Hand In Hand,
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Tell Me Why - Oh Why - Oh Why Can't My Dreams Come True? Oh Why.
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There Must Be Peace And Un-der-stand-ing Some-time,
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Strong Winds Of Pro-mise That Will Blow A-way The Doubt And Fear,
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If I Can Dream Of A Warm-er Sun Where Hope Keeps Shin-ing On Ev-er-y-one,
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Tell Me Why - Oh Why - Oh Why Won't That Sun Ap-pear?
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We're Lost In A Cloud With Too Much Of Rain
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We're Trapped In A World That's Troub-led With Pain,
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But As Long As A Man Has The Strength To Dream,
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He Can Re-deem His Soul, And Fly (He can fly)
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Deep In My Heart There's A Trem-blin Question.
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Still I Am Sure That The Ans-wer's Gon-na Come Some-how.
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Out There In The Dark There's A Beck-on-ing Can-dle Oh Yeah
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And While I Can Think, While I Can Talk,
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While I Can Stand, While I Can Walk,
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While I Can Dream, - Please let My Dream - Come True