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After the virus, when we don't wear masks,
Not socially distant, no longer afraid,
When zooming's less frequent, and nobody asks
Were we too close to our friends while we played?
After the virus, when we have a fever,
And we are just sick, in no danger at all,
When we go to movies whenever we like
And go out to a park or a mall:
Will we remember,
O will we remember
How much we need others,
How much we all share?
Will we remember,
O will we remember
That we breed the same germs
And breathe the same air?
After the virus, when we're free to wander
Wherever we like, without so many rules,
When we no longer need to protect one another,
And it's summer vacation that closes our schools:
Will we remember,
O will we remember
The heroes who saved us,
Who kept us alive?
And will we remember,
O will we remember
To live out our lives
With their courage our guide?
With their love as our guide.
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