EmGC
Oh what have we here, he must be three or four,
EmGC
Shaken out of a boot on its way back to war
GBmEm
And he’s not looking for a father or a mother,
CG
Just a seven year old brother,
AmD
On this smudged line border camp of refugees,
EmGC
I am the one who will remember everything
EmGC
I am the one who will remember everything
EmGC
So where are we now, he must be five or six,
EmGC
Just running around, hungry kids, sharpened sticks.
GBmEm
And he will grow with pain and fear and jealousy,
CG
Taken in by schools of zealotry,
AmD
Who train orphans to make orphans evermore.
EmGC
I am the one who will remember everything
EmGC
I am the one who will remember everything
EmGC
I am the one who will remember everything
EmGC
I am the one who will remember everything
Bridge:
EmG
You drink the smoke, you ride the noise
C
You drink the smoke, you ride the noise,
EmG
And you say it’s necessary,
C
And you forget the ordinary
EmGC
But I say, on the wheel of time,
Scour the Earth and find the
EmGC
Orphans of forgetting, all the orphans of forgetting,
EmG
Give them stars for math and praise for good play,
CAm
Here’s a Band-Aid, happy birthday,
D
Yes of course I did remember,
Em
I remember everything
EmGC
Oh come over here, kid we’ve got all these books to read,
EmGC
With the turtles and frogs, cats and dogs who civilize the centuries,
GBmEm
And in a world that’s angry, cruel and furious,
CG
There’s this monkey who’s just curious,
AmD
Floating high above a park with bright balloons.
I am the one who will remember everything.
EmGC
I am the one who will remember everything
EmGC
I am the one who will remember everything
EmGC
I am the one who will remember everything
EmGC
I am the one who will remember everything
Em
Everything…