<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Ann]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://kathmanduk2.wordpress.com/author/kathmanduk2/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[NEVER DIE YOUNG]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<div>We were ring-around-the-rosy children<br />
They were circles around the sun<br />
Never give up, never slow down<br />
Never grow old, never ever die young</div>
<p>Synchronized with the rising moon<br />
Even with the evening star<br />
They were <span class="yshortcuts">true love</span> written in stone<br />
They were never alone, they were never that far apart</p>
<p>And we who couldnt bear to believe they might make it<br />
We got to close our eyes<br />
Cut up our losses into doable doses<br />
Ration our tears and sighs</p>
<p>You could see them on the street on a S<span class="yshortcuts">aturday night</span><br />
Everyone used to run them down<br />
They&#8217;re a little too sweet, they&#8217;re a little too tight<br />
Not enough tough for this town</p>
<p>We couldn&#8217;t touch them with a ten-foot pole<br />
No, it didnt seem to rattle at all<br />
They were glued together body and soul<br />
That much more with their backs up against the wall</p>
<p>Oh, hold them up, hold them up<br />
Never do let them fall<br />
Prey to the dust and the rust and the ruin<br />
That names us and claims us and shames us all</p>
<p>I guess it had to happen someday soon<br />
Wasnt nothing to hold them down<br />
They would rise from among us like a big baloon<br />
Take to the sky, forsake the ground</p>
<p>Oh, yes, other hearts were broken<br />
Yeah, other dreams ran dry<br />
But our golden ones sail on, sail on<br />
To another land beneath another sky</p>
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<div><strong>Lyrics and music by <span class="yshortcuts" style="background:none transparent scroll repeat 0 0;cursor:hand;border-bottom:#0066cc 1px dashed;">James Taylor</span></strong></div>
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