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.

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 am done.

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
Till the morning her trembling fingers can't fold anymore.

CHORUS

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:

FINAL CHORUS:
This is our cry, this is our prayer, peace in the world




» A Dream In The Light
» A Modest Proposal
» A Modest Proposal The Long Underwear Song
» All The Time In The World
» Annie
» At The Elbe
» Big Italian Rose
» Cranes Over Hiroshima
» Crossing The Charles
» Death In Disguise
» Denmark 1943
» Diamonds Of Anger
» Dig A Hole In The Ground
» Every Man
» Everything Possible
» Face At The Window
» Father's Song
» Fathers Song
» Fifty Nine Cents
» Fifty-Nine Cents
» Friends First
» Gonna Get A Grant
» Gravity
» Guinevere And The Fire
» Hot Frogs On The Loose
» Housewarming
» I Didn't Know
» I Will Stand Fast
» If I Were A Moose
» If I Were Taken Now
» Jaguar
» Jimmy Come Lately
» Larry The Polar Bear
» Leslie Is Different
» Letter From May Alice Jeffers
» Lifeboat
» Light In The Hall
» Lost That Pretty Little Gal of Mine
» Lost That Pretty Little Gal Of Mine To Title Ix
» Love's Gonna Carry Us
» Loves Gonna Carry Us
» Mistaken Identity
» No Limit
» No More Vietnams
» Peace Is
» Rodney King's Blessing
» Scott And Jamie
» Scrambled Eggs And Prayers
» Simple Living
» Smile When You're Ready
» Stand Up
» Talking Wheelchair Blues
» The Dancing Light
» The Distance
» The Heart Of The Appaloosa
» The Hills Of Ayalon
» The Hug
» The Hug Song
» The Last Time I Had Autumn
» The Marine's Lament Or The Pink Peril
» The Other Side Of The Wood
» The Peace Dragon
» This Love
» Three Mile Island
» Too Many People
» Warlords
» Willie's Song
» Willies Song

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