Millennium's Dawn

© 2000 Stephen Savitzky. CC-by-nc-sa.

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There used to be a verse about talking computers. Well, the future caught up with me, so I had to cut it..

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Steve

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	Now the Second Millennium's over

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I'm not s	orry to leave it beh	ind,

	C	Em
But we	all had our dreams of t	omorrow

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And I c	an't get them off of my m	ind.

Magpie

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Wh	ere is the promise that beckoned?

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Wh	ere has our old future g	one?

	C	Em
	Everything should have been d	ifferent

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In the l	ight of the Millenni	um's d	awn.

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(break)	(beat)	(beat)	(beat)

Steve

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Oh I sh	ould have been watching the earthrise

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From a d	ome on the bright lunar pl	ain

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But I t	ook a wrong turn at the '	60s

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now I'm dr	iving back home in the r	ain

Magpie

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So wh	ere are the domed lunar cities?

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Wh	ere have the space stations g	one?

	C	Em
I c	an't find my way to the sp	aceport

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In the l	ight of the Millenn	ium's d	awn.

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all

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C	an you hear the rockets thunder

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As they c	arry us up past the sk	ies?

	C	Em
Can you s	ee the cities of w	onder

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As they gl	eam in the bright sunr	ise?

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Can you t	ell me where our h	opes and dr	eams

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And our m	aps of the future have g	one?

	C	Em
They were c	arried away on the n	ight wind

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Bef	ore the Millenni	um's d	awn.

Steve

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We had p	ictures of towers that glisten

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Standing t	all in the clear light of d	ay

	C	Em
Conn	ected by ribbons of s	idewalk--

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They look n	othing like South San Jos	\'e.

Magpie

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So wh	ere are the cities and skyways?

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Wh	ere have the monorails g	one?

	C	Em
I st	ill can't see them gl	eaming

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In the l	ight of the Millenn	ium's d	awn.

all

	G
C	an you hear the rockets thunder

	C	G
As they c	arry us up past the sk	ies?

	C	Em
Can you s	ee the cities of w	onder

	G	D7
As they gl	eam in the bright sunr	ise?

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Can you t	ell me where our h	opes and dr	eams

	C	G
And our m	aps of the future have g	one?

	C	Em
They were c	arried away on the n	ight wind

	G	D7	G
Bef	ore the Millenni	um's d	awn.

Steve

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Well, h	ere's to an age that's departed,

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And to p	ictures we drew in the s	and.

	C	Em
All the d	reams that I had when we st	arted,

	G	D7
Have cr	umbled to dust in my h	and.

Magpie

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Guess I'll p	ull a new map from my pocket;

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Never m	ind where the old ones have g	one,

	C	Em
And I'll l	ook for a new road to f	ollow

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In the l	ight of the Millenni	um's d	awn.

all

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C	an you hear the bells all ringing

	C	G
As they w	elcome the bright sunr	ise?

	C	Em
Can you s	ee a small child s	inging

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With w	onder bright in her	eyes?

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Can you t	ake new hope and dream again

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	After the darkness has g	one

	C	Em
And the w	inds of time are still bl	owing

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	After the Millenni	um's d	awn?

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\S:	Now we're out where the daylight can find us,

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\M: But our	journey has hardly beg	un;

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\S: There are	old bridges blazing beh	ind us,

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\M: And we're	drawing new maps as we	run.

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\A: If we	want the bright future we charted

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\A: We must	chase down our dreams	where they've gone,

	C	Em
\A: And	finish the work that we	started

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\A: By the	light of the Millenni	um's d	awn.

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\A: Y	es, we'll make the rockets thunder

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\A: To c	arry us up past the sk	ies;

	C	Em
\A: We will b	uild new cities of w	onder

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\A: To gl	eam in the bright sunr	ise;

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\S: Here's h	ope to heal your sorrow

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\M: N	ow that the old dreams are g	one,

	C	Em
\A: And the p	ast has turned into tom	orrow

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\A: In the l	ight of the Millenni	um's d	awn.