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Let me tell you about the world we’re in

Come listen my dear children

For you could ask the question it ain’t no sin

Just how did the world begin

Who made the darkness and the light

A million stars to shine at night

Got them all to work just right

Had to be Hashem

Had to be Hashem

Made the oceans and the fish

Candy bars and licorice

All he did was make a wish

Had to be Hashem

Now that it’s plain and clear to see

I’d like you to all to join with me

And get the whole world to agree

How everything came to be

Made the planets and the sky

The valley’s low and the mountains high

And we’ll look in the Torah it never lies

Had to be Hashem

Had to be Hashem

Who else could you ever find

Creates souls for all mankind

And furnish them with thinking minds

Oh it had to be Hashem

It had to be Hashem

The sun is going down

it’s shining through the trees

Another weeks gone by

become a memory

So throw away your hammer

there’s nothing left to do

Go on home and find the gift

that’s waiting there for you

Oh, it’s time to say good Shabbos

cause all your work is done

Gonna spend the day together with

the Holy One

Say a special blessing on a cup

that’s filled with wine

Man and his creator it’s a very special sign

You can spend time with your family

you’ll study and you’ll pray

Why not wait till after Shabbos

oh those nails won’t run away

So throw away your hammer

there’s nothing left to do

Go on home and find the gift

that’s waiting there for you

Oh, oh, oh, oh,

it’s time to say good Shabbos

cause all your work is done

Gonna spend the day together with

the Holy One

Say a special blessing on a cup

that’s filled with wine

Man and his creator

it’s a very special sign

The sky’s bright and clear

wind’s blowing strong

Winter has passed

now the sun’s shining proud

What a glorious day to send up a kite

To dance and to soar high over the clouds

Through the traffic and noise

I ran to the park

An island surrounded with castles of stone

With my kite and a spool

of clear plastic line

We journeyed together

a long way from home

Little kite tell me for I can not fly

Can you see distant oceans

and mountains so high

But most of all tell me for I cannot see

Is there G-d in heaven

does he know of me?

Well someone passed by

and looked at me strange

He asked me what you doing

on this day so fair

Flying a kite well how could that be

Can’t you see little boy

there’s nothing up there

Little kite tell me why I’ve been so blind

Using my eyes in the place of my mind

For though I can’t see you

I do understand

You’re tuggin' and pullin'

the string in my hand

You’re tuggin' and pullin'

the string in my hand

We grew up together

in New York City

Oh how the time has flown by

We were inseparable

closer than brothers

My best friend Sammy and I

We’d play by the oak tree

in back of my house

Tossing a ball to and fro

Each one of us dreaming

pretending to be

The great Joe DiMaggio

One day we each bought

a package of Topp’s

And opened them under the tree

Look Sam I’ve got Jo DiMaggio’s card

And he was so jealous of me

I lovingly hid it

deep inside my drawer

Where it would be safe as can be

And I vowed I would keep it

forever and ever

It was so precious to me

It was so very precious to me

I’d read in the papers

from time to time

Of events in the life of my friend

He became Rosh Yeshiva

of our old school

And now was a leader of men

But there was a fire

that ravaged his school

I knew it just might break his heart

So I reached in my drawer

and I said my goodbyes

To the great Joe DiMaggio’s card

One day my grandson came home from Yeshiva

Holding a card that was new

«Look Zeide, Reb Shmuel is one of the Gedolim

And I’m giving his card to you»

I lovingly hid it deep in my drawer

Where it would be safe as can be

And I vowed I would keep it forever and ever

It is so precious to me

…it is so very precious to me

I’m a very tired old and worn out man

and my eyes have long been blind

Most things that people say to me

just seem to slip my mind

Oh, but the suffering and painful times

that were in years long gone

Are still as clear upon my memory

as the numbers on my arm

What will become of all the memories

Are they to scatter

with the dust in the breeze

Who will stand before the world

knowing what to say

When the very last survivor

fades away…

What will become of all the memories

Are they to scatter

with the dust in the breeze

And who will stand before a world

that now wishes to deny

Will they believe in someone

who never heard the cries

There is nothing I can say or do

to make things change

Time has a way of passing by so fast

Like a fleeting shadow

no one will recall

The faces of the past

What will become of all the memories

Are they to scatter

with the dust in the breeze

Yet one thought gives me comfort

that’s all that I have left

I know that G-d in heaven

won’t forget

We danced round and round in circles

as if the world had done no wrong

From evening until morning

filling up the Shul with song

Though we had no Sifrei Torah

to clutch close to our arms

Instead we held those children

Am Yisroel Chai

We danced round and round in circles

as if the world had done no wrong

From evening until morning

filling up the Shul with song

Though we had no Sifrei Torah

to clutch close to our arms

Instead we held those children

The Jewish people will live on

The Jewish people will live on

You had searched so long

for the answers and the proof

And they said you’ll find it here

with promises of truth

But the long white robes

and the chanting in the streets

It left you cold

your soul still had to seek

What you’re looking for

is right there at your door

Believe me when I tell you friend

you couldn’t ask for more

What your heart has known

is that there is no place like home

So come on back

oh, you’ll never be alone

Now you can stand up straight and tall

because you’re where you want to be

No one had it strong as steel

your faith has set you free

And as you gaze up at that simple wall

your hand up upon a stone

You can say the journeys over I am home

What you’re looking for

is right there at your door

Believe me when I tell you friend

you couldn’t ask for more

What your heart has known

is that there is no place like home

So come on back

oh, you’ll never be alone

What you’re looking for

is right there at your door

Believe me when I tell you friend

you couldn’t ask for more

What your heart has known

is that there is no place like home

So come on back,

I said, come on back

oh, you’ll never be alone

No, no, never be alone

No, no, never be alone!