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Intro

They can say anything they want to say

 Try to bring me down

 But I will not allow

 Anyone to succeed

 Hanging clouds over me

 And they can try hard to make me feel

 That I don't matter at all

 But I refuse to falter

 In what I believe

 Or lose faith in my dreams

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 'Cause there's a light in me

 That shines brightly

 They can try

 But they can't take that away from me

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They can do anything they want to you

 lf you let them in

 But they won't ever win

 If you cling to your pride

 And just push them aside

 See I have learned there's an inner peace I own

 Something in my soul

 That they cannot possess

 So I won't be afraid

 And darkness will fade

 'Cause there's a light in me

 That shines brightly

 They can try

 But they can't take that away from me

No, they can't take this

Precious love

 l'll always have inside me

Certainly the Lord will guide me

Where I need to go

They can say anything they want to say

 Try to break me down

 But 1 won't face the ground

 I will rise steadily

 Sailing out of their reach

Oh Lord

 They do try hard to make me feel

 That I don't matter at all

 But I refuse to falter

 In what I believe

 Or lose faith in my dreams

 'Cause there's a light in me that shines brightly

 They can try

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But they can't take that away from me

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