Cranes Over Hiroshima

[Verse 1]
The baby blinks her eyes
As the sun falls from the sky
She feels the stings of a thousand fires
As the city around her dies
Some sleep beneath the rubble
Some wake to a different world
From the crying babe will grow a laughing girl

[Verse 2]
Ten summers fade to autumn
Ten winters' snows have passed
She's a child of dreams and dances
She's a racer strong and fast
But the headaches come ever more often
And the dizziness always returns
And the word that she hears is leukemia and it burns

[Chorus]
Cranes over Hiroshima, white and red and gold
Flicker in the sunlight like a million vanished souls
I will fold these cranes of paper to a thousand one by one
And I'll fly away when I'm done

[Verse 3]
Her ancestors knew the legend
If you make a thousand cranes
From squares of colored paper
It will take the pain away
With loving hands she folds them
Six hundred forty four
'Til the morning her stumbling fingers can't fold anymore

[Chorus]
Cranes over Hiroshima, white and red and gold
Flicker in the sunlight like a million vanished souls
I will fold these cranes of paper to a thousand one by one
And I'll fly away when I'm done

[Verse 4]
Her friends did not forget her
Crane after crane they made
Until they reached a thousand
And laid them upon her grave
People from everywhere gathered
Together a prayer they said
And they wrote the words in granite so none can forget

[Outro]
This is our cry
This is our prayer
Peace in the world
This is our cry
This is our prayer
Peace in the world
This is our cry
This is our prayer
Peace in the world
This is our cry (No more Hiroshimas)
This is our prayer (No more Nagasakis)
Peace in the world
This is our cry
This is our prayer
Peace in the world
This is our cry (Sing a song of peace)
This is our prayer (Dream a dream of)
Peace in the world
This is our cry
This is our prayer
Peace in the world
This is our cry
This is our prayer
Peace in the world
This is our cry
This is our prayer