Key: C
Introduction: C
G#
C
C
G#
C
C
G#
C
Bb
G
C
G#
C
Come and see the brilliant lights
C
G#
C
Don't let your emotions mask your sight
C
G#
C
It's a manifestation of a deeper fight
Bb
G
That effects me and you
C
G#
C
My optimism was running high
C
G#
C
A new world order was on my mind
C
G#
C
But I couldn't believe it when I heard them say
Bb
G
They're throwing it away . . . (highG)
Eb
Bb
C
Bb
C
And the fertile crescent is burning today
Eb
Bb
F
G
And baby my emotions are too
Eb
Bb
C
Bb
C
The cradle of humanity has led us all astray
G#
Bb
G
And we're all in this together don't you know
G#
Bb
Cause our species has nowhere else to go.
C
G#
C
Aggression rears its ugly head,
C
G#
C
Retaliation brings further dread
C
G#
C
The two are linked by unseen threads
Bb
G
That wind back through time
C
G#
C
I don't agree with this out-dated trend,
C
G#
C
Nationalism's but an evil friend
C
G#
C
Hatred's instilled by invisible lines
Bb
G
Drawn in our minds
Eb
Bb
C
Bb
C
And the fertile Crescent is haunting us today
Eb
Bb
F
G
And baby our instincts are too
Eb
Bb
C
Bb
C
The ghost of humanity is warning us this way
G#
Bb
G
And I think we all should heed it don't you know,
G#
Bb
Cause we don't know where else to go.
Eb
Bb
C
Bb
C
And the Fertile Crescent is haunting us today
Eb
Bb
F
G
And baby our instincts are too
Eb
Bb
C
Bb
C
The ghost of humanity is warning us this way
G#
Bb
G
And I think we all should heed it don't you know
G#
Bb
Cause we've got nowhere else to go.