Key: C (D C D C) Am C G D/F# F D There's the stillness of death on a deathly unliving sea, Am C G D/F# F D and the motor car magical world long since ceased to be, Am C G D/F# F D when the Eve-bitten apple returned to destroy the tree. C D C D Incestuous ancestry's charabanc ride, C D C D spawning new millions throws the world on its side. G D/F# B/G Cm7 Supporting their far-flung illusion, the national curse, G D/F# F C D D4 D D4 and those with no sandwiches please get off the bus. Am C G D/F# F D
The excrement bubbles, the century's slime decays Am C G D/F# F D and the brainwashing government lackeys would have us say Am C G D/F# F D it's under control and we'll soon be on our way C D C D to a grand year for babies and quiz panel games C D C D of the hot hungry millions you'll be sure to remain. G D/F# Em/G Cm7 The natural resources are dwindling and no one grows old, G D/F# F C D D4 D D4 and those with no homes to go to, please dig yourself holes. C D G D We wandered through quiet lands, felt the first breath of snow. C D G D Searched for the last pigeon, slate grey I've been told. C D G D/F# D Em G Stumbled on a daffodil which she crushed in the rush, heard it sigh, G D D4 D D4 and left it to die. Em C D C D D4 At once felt remorse and were touched by the loss of our own, Em C D C D D4 held its poor broken head in her hands,dropped soft tears in the snow, F C G D D4 and it's only the taking that makes you what you are. C D G D Wond'ring aloud will a son one day be born C D G D to share in our infancy in the child's path we've worn. C D G D In the aging seclusion of this earth that our birth did surprise Em G D
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