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Ten Thousand Years Old
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Ten Thousand Years Old

I’ll pack my words in a suitcase of melody meter and rhyme…

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David schell
Jun 10, 2024
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Ten Thousand Years Old
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Ten Thousand Years Old

I don’t want to be a rich person or a king
I want to write the song that
every generation will sing.

I’ll pack my words in a suitcase
of melody, meter and rhyme
that can be carried until the end of time.

I want to share the greatest love story ever told
that will be remembered when
it’s ten thousand years old.


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