Earth Town Square Songtext
von Peter Mayer

Once we were lonely islands
Divided by horizons
A hundred thousand tribes surviving
Scattered far and wide
Hearing only stories
Of distant territories
Peering out across the miles
Between our shorelines

Then we harnessed nature′s forces
Straddled backs of horses
Waging wars and crossing borders
As our numbers grew

We bought and sold and traded
Oceans were navigated
Fates entwined by rails and roads
And telephones and steam
We cracked the code of flight
Spoke via satellite
At the speed of light and now


It's feeling like a small town
With six billion people downtown
At a little sidewalk fair
In Earthtown Square

There are Germans selling Audis
Filled with gasoline from Saudis
To Australians sipping Kenyan coffee
In their Chinese shoes
Argentines are meeting Mongols
Over French fries at McDonald′s
And the place looks strangely tiny
When you see it from the moon

There's music in the bar

Kalimbas and guitars
Bagpipes and sitars now

It's feeling like a small town
With six billion people downtown
Even Babel can′t compare
To Earthtown Square


As each hour goes by
Ten thousand more arrive
And the din gets louder on Main Street
Where you can watch downtown grow
And wonder if we′ll make room
For everybody there

In Earthtown Square
In Earthtown Square
In Earthtown Square