Close your eyes and take a breath,
Hold on till your peace of death.
You and me we'll be allowed together,
Doing what we like, whenever...
No one there to hold us back,
The girl who's white and the boy who's black.
The racist people will stop and stare,
As hand in hand we fall through the air,
This is what they've done to us,
The prejudiced given up their seats on the bus.
We will write no note and leave no call,
We'll never have been there at all,
No trace of the illegal hearts,
So suicide is the way we part.
Hand in hand, let's close our eyes,
When you're with me we never die.
Close your eyes and take a breath,
Hold on till your peace of death.
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