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.