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Never Again
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Eric Bogle
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I have been to hell today I saw the Devil's naked face I felt the poison freeze my heart In that evil, evil place I heard the ghosts cry out in warning Their voices ringing through the years I stood beneath the barbed wire fence And wept, and wept, bitter tears Never, never again! I stood alone that winter's day On that barren killing ground Inside my head the voices grew Till my brain was bursting with thе sound They cried, "Comrade, do not forgеt us!" And I replied, "I never will!" And as my soul in anguish wept One by one, the voices stilled Never, never again! Europe, sixty years ago - remember? Depression, millions on the dole - remember? In those dark despairing times Of unemployment and bread-lines A cancer grew, fat and malign - remember? Its banner was a crooked cross - remember? Its destiny a holocaust - remember? Its creed was racial purity It fed on fear and bigotry Its touch was death and slavery - remember? It's happening again. It's happening again Can't you see it's happening again? Treblinka, Auschwitz and Dachau - remember? David's Star, a people's shroud - remember? No refuge and no hiding place For non-members of the Master Race Whole nations enslaved and debased - remember? Blood and toil and sweat and tears - remember? The nightmare lasted six long years - remember? The world drowned in a bloody tide Of war and death and genocide Fifty-seven million died - remember? I've lived in freedom all my life Never thinking much about the cost Of those who suffered and who died So that freedom's flame would not be lost I saw the flame in Sachsenhausen In spite of all, it's burning yet To all the ghosts who guard the flame I promise you, I won't forget Never, never again! Never, never again!
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