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Song Released: 1968


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There must be lights burning brighter somewhere
Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue
If I can dream of a better land
Where all my brothers walk hand in hand
Tell me why, oh why, oh why can't my dream come true

There must...

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    anonymous
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     Jun 4th, 2017 6:15am report


    I feel like this song was about wishing people would get along no matter what.



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     Apr 3rd, 2013 4:39pm report


    If I Can Dream" is a song made famous by Elvis Presley, written by Walter Earl Brown and notable for its direct quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr. It was recorded by Presley in June 1968, two months after King's assassination. The recording was first released to the public as the finale of Presley's '68 Comeback Special.



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    anonymous
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     Mar 7th, 2013 3:10am report


    Elvis sang this is song on the 68 comeback special on nbc in burbank california.




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