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I met a man last sunday,
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who was on his way back home
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From a wedding in Chicago,
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and was traveling alone
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He said he came from Vilna,
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a survivor I could tell
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And I helped him with his suitcase,
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he could not walk very well
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F steward gave us coffee
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as we settled on the plane
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And I asked him why he bothers,
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at his age there'd be no blame
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He said "no simcha is a burden,
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though I miss my dear late wife"
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And then he shared with me a story
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that has changed my view of life:
[Chorus]:
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"We danced round and round in circles
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as if the world had done no wrong
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From evening until morning,
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filling up the shul with song
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Though we had no sifrei Torah
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to clutch close to our hearts
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In their place we held the future
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of a past so torn apart
[Verse]:
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I remember liberation,
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joy and fear both intertwined
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Where to go and what to do,
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and how to leave the pain behind?
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My heart said 'go to vilna',
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dare I pray yet once again
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For the chance to find a loved one,
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or perhaps a childhood friend?
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It took many months to get there,
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from the late spring to the fall
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And as I, many others,
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close to four hundred in all
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And slowly there was healing,
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darkened souls now mixed with light
D#m C#
When someone proudly cried out,
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'simchas Torah is tonight!'
[Chorus]:
Gb D#sus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Gb G#
as if the world had done no wrong
Gb D#m
From evening until morning,
Gb Fm
filling up the shul with song
Gb D#sus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Gb G#
to clutch close to our hearts
Gb D#m
In their place we held the future
Gb A#m
of a past so torn apart
[Verse]:
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We ran as one towards the shul,
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our spirits in a trance
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And we tore apart the barricade,
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in defiance we would dance
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But the scene before our eyes
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shook us to the core
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Scraps of siddur, bullet holes,
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bloodstains on the floor
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Turning to the eastern wall,
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we looked on in despair
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There'd be no scrolls to dance with,
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the holy ark was bare
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Then we heard two children crying,
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a boy and girl whom no one knew
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And we realized that no children
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were among us but those two
[Chorus]:
Gb D#sus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Gb G#
as if the world had done no wrong
Gb D#m
From evening until morning,
Gb Fm
filling up the shul with song
Gb D#sus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Gb G#
to gather in our arms
Gb D#m
In their place we held those children,
Gb A#m
the Jewish people would live on
Gb D#sus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Gb G#
as if the world had done no wrong
Gb D#m
From evening until morning,
Gb Fm
filling up the shul with song
Gb D#sus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Gb G#
to clutch and hold up high
Gb D#m
In their place we held those children,
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am yisrael chai"
Gb D#sus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Gb G#
as if the world had done no wrong
Gb D#m
From evening until morning,
Gb Fm
filling up the shul with song
Gb D#sus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Gb G#
to gather in our arms
Gb D#m
In their place we held those children,
Gb A#m
the Jewish people would live on
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Fm yisrael chai
Gb A#m
The Jewish people would live on
Fm C# Cb
The Jewish people WILL live on
- 1. Chord Gitar Abie Rotenberg - The Man From Vilna Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar E)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Abie Rotenberg - The Man From Vilna Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar E)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan