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A Human Artist.
Would that I were an artist
And while I stand in time
I could show our youths eternity,
While they are in their prime.
And while I stand in time
I could show our youths eternity,
While they are in their prime.
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Would that I were an artist,
And to this American nation
I'd picture out the lynching crime
And show its revelation.
And to this American nation
I'd picture out the lynching crime
And show its revelation.
Would that I were an artist,
I would draw a human heart,
I'd show to men and women
The effects of corrupted parts.
I would draw a human heart,
I'd show to men and women
The effects of corrupted parts.
And then I'd outline Paradise,
And give a celestial view,
I'd show to men their future home,
If while on earth they're true.
And give a celestial view,
I'd show to men their future home,
If while on earth they're true.
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