Inherit the Earth

copyright 1985 Stephen Savitzky. CC-by-nc-sa.

Lyrics [pdf]

	Am	Em
	The choice comes for everything	living

	Am
The challenge to grow or to	die

	Dm	Am
To	stay in the dust with the	earthworms,

	Em	Am
Or to	soar with the birds in the	sky.

	Dm	Am
The	stars now are calling to	mankind

	Dm	Am
To	abandon the world of their	birth.

	Dm	Am
The	bold ones will answer them	gladly,

	Em	Am
And the	meek will inherit the	Earth.

Dm Em Am

The deeps of space are calling,

Dm Am

Past the moon, past the orbit of Mars.

Dm Am

So let the meek inherit the Earth,

Em Em7 Am Em Am

While the rest of us go to the stars.

	Am	Em
	Pollution and war and dis	aster,

	Am
May leave nothing human al	ive;

	Dm	Am
With	all of our eggs in one	basket,

	Em	Am
How	do we expect to sur	vive?

	Dm	Am
Will we	give the world back to the	insects,

	Dm	Am
And	blow our own species to	Hell,

	Dm	Am
Or	find a new home in the	Heavens?

	Em	Am
Now	only the future will	tell.

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Dm Em Am

The deeps of space are calling,

Dm Am

Past the moon, past the orbit of Mars.

Dm Am

So let the meek inherit the Earth,

Em Em7 Am Em Am

While the rest of us go to the stars.

	Am	Em
The	moons and the planets are	waiting,

	Am
In space, where our future bel	ongs;

	Dm	Am
There's a	place for explorers and	builders

	Em	Am
For	dreamers and singers of	songs

	Dm	Am
There are	riches beyond all acc	ounting

	Dm	Am
And	wonders past anyone's	dreams,

	Dm	Am
There is	time for the longest of	journies,

	Em	Am
And	space for the grandest of	schemes.

Dm Em Am

The deeps of space are calling,

Dm Am

Past the moon, past the orbit of Mars.

Dm Am

So let the meek inherit the Earth,

Em Em7 Am Em Am

While the rest of us go to the stars.

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	Am	Em
	Now is the time for dec	ision;

	Am
Our closed world is open at	last.

	Dm	Am
Will we	go forth and build our own	future,

	Dm	Am
Or	stay with the ghosts of the	past?

	Em	Am
Though	ruin and death may be	waiting,

	Dm	Am
At	least we've the stars for our	goal.

	Dm	Am
Far	better to fail on the	journey,

	Em	Am
Than to	stay and let fear rot your	soul.

Dm Em Am

The deeps of space are calling,

Dm Am

Past the moon, past the orbit of Mars.

Dm Am

So let the meek inherit the Earth,

Em Em7 Am Em Am

While the rest of us go to the stars.

	Am	Em
So	come men and women and	children,

	Am
To the spaceports and let us	embark.

	Dm	Am
It's	time to climb out of the	cradle,

	Em	Am
Un	less you're afraid of the	dark.

	Dm	Am
The	spaceships stand ready and	waiting:

	Dm	Am
Will we	use them or leave them to	rust?

	Dm	Am
Will we	rise on their fire like the	Phoenix,

	Em	Am
Or lie	down with the worms in the	dust?

Dm Em Am

The deeps of space are calling,

Dm Am

Past the moon, past the orbit of Mars.

Dm Am

So let the meek inherit the Earth,

Em Em7 Am Em Am

While the rest of us go to the stars.