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Out Of All Those Millions And Millions Of Planets Floating Around There In Space, This Is Our Planet, This Is Our Little One, So We Just Got To Be Aware Of It And Take Care Of It.

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Out Of All Those

Paul McCartney

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Out Of All Those Millions And Millions Of Planets Floating Around There In Space, This Is Our Planet, This Is Our Little One, So We Just Got To Be Aware Of It And Take Care Of It.

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