Cranes Over Hiroshima

Lyrics

[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