Cranes Over Hiroshima Songtext
von Fred Small

The baby blinks her eyes
As the sun falls from the sky
She feels the sting 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


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
'Til the morning her stumbling fingers
Can′t fold anymore

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 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

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 Hiroshima)
This is our prayer (No more Nagasaki)
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)
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

Peace in the world