The Bob Zentz Songbook: This Old Earth

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The Bob Zentz Songbook

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This Old Earth

1. Fragments of another sunset (C-Dm)
Ashes of another dawn (F-C)
Drowned in time’s immortal ocean (Em-Am)
All too soon, we may be gone (F-G)

This old Earth has seen a lot of living (Am-Em)

This old Earth, the stories she could tell (F-C)

This old Earth is finished with the giving (Dm-Am)

This old Earth we knew so well (G7-F)

2. Now the playground stands deserted
In the yellow afternoon
And the cotton candy children
Have all gone home too soon

And the tree of knowledge trembles

For the fruit was ours before

Will we be like Eden’s lovers

Driven from the garden’s door?

3. So what can it take from nature

And what must it take from man

For the future generation

To save the sky, the sea, the land?

This old Earth has seen a lot of living

This old Earth, the stories she could tell

This old Earth is finished with the giving

This old Earth we used so well

4. So ask your child what really matters

And ask your friend what he will do

And ask the leaders you’ve elected

But the answer lies with you

This old Earth has seen a lot of living

This old Earth we’ve used from end to end

Now it’s time for mankind to start giving

This old Earth could use a friend

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