Am
One swallow never made a spring
Am G
You can buy a crown - it doesn't make you king
G F G Am
Beware the trinkets that we bring
[Verse 1]
Am F Dm F
When the visionary dreams set hard and grey as flesh made into stone
Am F Dm G
You tore the statues to the ground crying - let my people go
G F G Am F
And now they're gone, all is gone
F Dm G Am
But these changing winds can turn cold and hostile
[Chorus 2]
Am
The freedom passion and the two faced call
Am G
They dance together upon the wall
G F G Am
With nothing left to break the fall
[Verse 2]
Am F
Now twenty-five miles north in the great dark woods
F Dm F
The college buildings stand
F Am F Dm G
And the ghosts of hope walk silent halls at the death of the Promised Land
F G Am F
All is gone, all is gone
Dm G Am
But these changing winds can turn cold and hostile
[Chorus 1]
Am
One swallow never made a spring
Am G
You can buy a crown - it doesn't make you king
G F G Am
Beware the trinkets that we bring
[Bridge]
Bm C#m F#m Am
And in the shadows of the crowded square, a thousand paper deals go down
Bm C#m F#m Am
And hungry sharks from everywhere smell the blood and head for town
Bm C#m F#m Am
Innocence starts to peel away - How money changes everything
Bm C#m F#m Am
The past it eats the future up and this blind desire eats everything
[Verse 3]
Am F Dm F
Now the rats they leave one stricken ship for another sailing past
Am F Dm G
Your world was going nowhere slow while ours goes nowhere fast
F G Am F
And now it's gone, all is gone
F G Am
But these changing winds can blow cold and hostile
[Chorus 2]
Am
The freedom passion and the two faced call
Am G
They dance together upon the wall
G F G Am
With nothing left to break the fall
[Chorus 1]
Am
One swallow never made a spring
Am G
You can buy a crown - it doesn't make you king
G F G Am
Beware the trinkets that we bring
[Chorus 2]
Am
The freedom passion and the two faced call
Am G
They dance together upon the wall
G F G Am
With nothing left to break the fall
