China by Joan Baez
China by Joan Baez

China

Joan Baez * Track #1 On Speaking of Dreams

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China by Joan Baez

Performed by
Joan Baez
Produced by
Alan Abrahams
Writed by
Joan Baez
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Released in Baez’s Speaking of Dreams album in November 1989, “China” is a song that commemorates and laments the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. On 4 June 1989, the Chinese Communist Party sent out troops to crush pro-democracy student protests in Beijing, killing thousands. The atrocity marked the...

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China Lyrics

In the month of May, in the glory of the day
Came the descendants of a hundred flowers
And their fight it did begin with the aging Mandarin
And they fought with an extraordinary power
Everyone was smiling, their hearts were one
In Tiananmen Square

But it seems that the Spring this year in Beijing
Came just before the Fall
There was no summer at all
In Tiananmen Square
China... China

There's peace in the emerald fields, there's mist upon the lakes
But something is afoot in the People's Hall
The spirit of Chu Ping is alive in young Chai Ling
And the Emperor has his back against the wall
Black sun rising over Tiananmen Square
Over Tiananmen Square

But it seems that the Spring this year in Beijing
Came just before the Fall
There was no summer at all
In Tiananmen Square
China... China

In the month of June, in the darkness of the moon
Went the descendants of a hundred flowers
And time may never tell how many of them fell
Like the petals of a rose in some satanic shower
Everyone was weeping in all of China
And Tiananmen Square

But it seems that the Spring this year in Beijing
Came just before the Fall
There was no summer at all
In Tiananmen Square
China... China

And even the moon on the fourth day of June
Hid her face and did not see
Black sun rising over Tiananmen Square

And Wang Wei Lin, you remember him
All alone he stood before the tanks
A shadow of forgotten ancestors in Tiananmen Square

And my blue-eyed son, you had no one
You could call a hero of your age
You have the rainbow warriors of Tiananmen Square, singing
China Shall Be Free
China Shall Be Free
China Shall Be Free

China Q&A

Who wrote China's ?

China was written by Joan Baez.

Who produced China's ?

China was produced by Alan Abrahams.

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