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Words and Music by Red Forrest
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DARK DAYS WERE DAWNING,
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ACROSS THE COUNTRYSIDE.
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DESPAIR AND UNEMPLOYMENT,
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WERE SPREADING FAR AND WIDE.
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WHERE COULD ALL THE WEARY SOULS,
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TURN FOR COMFORT AND HOPE?
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A SMART AND SPUNKY RACEHORSE,
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STARTED HELPING THEM COPE.
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SEE, SEABISCUIT RUN.
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HOW COULD SUCH A LITTLE HORSE,
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BECOME AN OVERWHELMING FORCE?
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BORN TO THE SADDLE,
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WITH WINNING IN HIS VEINS.
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THE RACES WERE LIKE BATTLES,
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TO BREAK FREE FROM HIS REINS.
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STAY CLOSE TO THE RAIL INSIDE,
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‘TIL THE MOMENT IS RIGHT.
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BOLT FOR THE LEADER,
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LET YOUR SPIRIT TAKE FLIGHT.
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SEE, SEABISCUIT RUN.
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TAKE THE WINGS OF PEGASUS,
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RUN EVERY RACE FOR ALL OF US.
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NOW HE’S A LEGEND,
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HEROIC FOR ALL TIME.
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THE CHAMPION OF THE HOMELAND,
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HERE IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS.
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SOME SWEAR WHEN THE WIND FALLS STILL,
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AND THE STARTING BELL RINGS,
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SANTA ANITA’S,
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DISTANT VOICES STILL SING:
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SEE, SEABISCUIT RUN.
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FROM BALTIMORE TO ARCADIA,
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THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA.
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SEE, SEABISCUIT RUN.
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HOW COULD SUCH A LITTLE HORSE,
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BECOME AN OVERWHELMING FORCE?
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SEE, SEABISCUIT RUN.
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TAKE THE WINGS OF PEGASUS,
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RUN EVERY RACE FOR ALL OF US.
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COPYRIGHT 2005 PACATO MUSIC
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All Rights Reserved