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“In A Perfect World”

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Lina (Meigui Zhang), a Chinese shop keeper, and Josef (Arnold Livingston Geis), a Jewish immigrant from Germany, dream of a better world in “In A Perfect World.”

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♪♪ ♪ Here I am with starry eyes, one I barely recognize... ♪ ♪ ...every moment a moment I am loving you only.

♪ ♪ If stubborn minds would open and smile and welcome us inside ♪ there would be singing and shouts and cheers ♪ ♪ bright candelabras and chandeliers ♪ ♪ No inhumanity to forgive, free to love and live...♪ ♪ Here in a perfect world.

♪ ♪ Here in a perfect world.

♪ ♪ Women would be free, fathers would agree...♪ ♪ a daughter so deserving as a son...♪ ♪...strong as anyone.

♪ ♪ Thered be no room for shame...♪ ♪ no thoughts of a family name.

♪ ♪ No passion too great, no reason to wait...♪ ♪ Just a future to create, always...♪ ♪...ever and forever.

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