Bridges

I would build a bridge

Over the troubled water for you

The one that was here

Was weak and weary

Time had torn it down

We start it little by little

We can meet right in the middle

Then we laugh about it later

But it's time for it now

Oh, as soon as all the work is done

We can hold hands in harmony

Sit and talk and share the sun

I know that you can feel it

But it's gonna take a village

But oh, it's gonna get a little easier

(Easier)

Oh, it's gonna get a little easier

(Easier)

Oh, it's gonna get a little easier

(Easier)

Easier for you to understand

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I wanna build the bridges

So that when the elders hear it

It reminds them of that spirit

That makes us all the same

Don't give up on your children

Because of human nature

We got virtue, we got vices

All you've done is not in vain

Oh, it doesn't matter how long it's been

Turn that good music on

I wanna dance with my father again, yes

I know that you can feel it

But it's gonna take a village, yes

But oh, it's gonna get a little easier

(Easier)

Oh, it's gonna get a little easier

(Easier)

Oh, I promise it will get a little easier

(Easier)

Easier for you to understand

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I wanna be the bridge

Between every sister and brother

Father and mother, friend and lover

Black, white and other, love one another

I dare you to just do it

It's the only way to prove it

And if I promise to take the first step

Will you take the other?

Oh, don't you wanna be certain, oh

Don't you wanna know you're free

And you can come together over me, yes

I know that you can feel it

But it's gonna take a village, alright

And oh, it's gonna get a little easier

(Easier)

Oh, I know that it will be easier

(Easier)

Alright, oh, it's gonna get a little easier

(Easier)

Oh, easier for you to understand me

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