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Life is a great big workshop in which we are the tools

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Author: David Cox

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First Line: Life is a great big workshop in which we are the tools
Author: David Cox
Language: English
Refrain First Line: The hammer hits, the chisel chips, the saw cuts the board
Copyright: © 1978 by David Cox.

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Word of Life Songs #13

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