C H I N A - Joan Baez
In the month of May, in the glory of the day
Came the descendants of a hundred flowers
And their fight it did begin with the aging Mandarin
And they fought with an extraordinary power
Everyone was smiling, their hearts were one
In Tiananmen Square
But it seems that the Spring this year in Beijing
Came just before the Fall
There was no summer at all
In Tiananmen Square
China... China
There's peace in the emerald fields, there's mist upon the lakes
But something is afoot in the People's Hall
The spirit of Chu Ping is alive in young Chai Ling
And the Emperor has his back against the wall
Black sun rising over Tiananmen Square
Over Tiananmen Square
But it seems that the Spring this year in Beijing
Came just before the Fall
There was no summer at all
In Tiananmen Square
China... China
In the month of June, in the darkness of the moon
Went the descendants of a hundred flowers
And time may never tell how many of them fell
Like the petals of a rose in some satanic shower
Everyone was weeping in all of China
And Tiananmen Square
But it seems that the Spring this year in Beijing
Came just before the Fall
There was no summer at all
In Tiananmen Square
China... China
And even the moon on the fourth day of June
Hid her face and did not see
Black sun rising over Tiananmen Square
And Wang Wei Lin, you remember him
All alone he stood before the tanks
A shadow of forgotten ancestors in Tiananmen Square
And my blue-eyed son, you had no one
You could call a hero of your age
You have the rainbow warriors of Tiananmen Square, singing
China Shall Be Free
China Shall Be Free
China Shall Be Free
C H I N A - Joan Baez WARNING : WITH BLOODSHED SCENE !
It don't really matter
Gonna find out for yourself
No, it don't really matter
You're gonna leave this thing to somebody else
If they were missionaries
Real time visionaries
Sitting in a Chinese stew
To view my disinfatuation
I know that I'm a classic case
Watch my disenchanted face
Blame it on a Falun Gong
They seen the end and it can't hold on, now
Cause it would take a lot more hate than you
To end the fascination
Even with an iron fist
All that you got to rule the nation
But all I got is precious time
It don't really matter
Yes I keep it to myself
Said it don't really matter
Each time I look around for somebody else
'Cause it would take a lot more time than you
Have got for masturbation
Even with your iron fist
All that you got to rule the nation
But all I got is precious time
All that you got to rule the nation
But all I got is precious time
It don't really matter
I guess you'll find out for yourself
No, it don't really matter
So you can hear it now from somebody else
You think you got it all locked up inside
And if you beat them all up they'll die
It's like a walk in the park from a cell
And now you're keeping your own kind in hell
When your brain won't rot like yourself
Like if your ass were your head you can tell
And you're out of time
Time goes by and the beat goes on
There are many who say yesterday is gone
But there's a time and place that still remains
There were many in a Beijing square
Who felt the wind of change in the air
They heard the cry of their brother's pain
They stood their ground, and did not back down
Freedom and Love held the day
Hunger Strike for Humanity
Led the change to set them free
Gather around, peaceful human chain
The teacher teaches what the student learns
The dreamer dreams and the clock still turns
Resignation now, to equality, yeah
They stood their ground, and did not back down
Freedom and Love held the day
Remember, Remember
Those who were at Tiananmen Square
Remember, Remember
They did it because they really cared
Remember, Remember
To stand up for what's right and fair
Water washes on a cold rock face
That you'd swear would never move from it's place
But the kisses of the waves always prevail
Many with their bullets and hate
Believe they are able to tempt the fate
Of a people who, deserve so much more
They stood their ground, and did not back down
Freedom and Love held the day
Remember, Remember
Those who were at Tiananmen Square
Remember, Remember
They did it because they really cared
Remember, Remember
They did it for what's right and fair
Tiananmen Square, Is where
They fought for liberty
Tiananmen Square, Is where
They fought to be free
Tiananmen Square, Is where
They fought for Humanity
IN DEATH'S SHADOW - Lyric
You who stood at Tiananmen
And waited for the tanks to come
You who stood your ground as one
You will never see your homes again
One was there, just 15 years
He stood, he waited with the rest
He did not know, could not have guessed
A bullet changed his life to death
And erased his name
In death's shadow, hand in hand
Though the world in outrage wept for you
You were on your own when they came for you
No one heard you when you screamed
But your cries re-echo eternally
You wanted justice, wanted to be free
Mother pleads for daughter's life
A bayonet blade is her reply
A sister weeps as her brother dies
And hope is shredded into pain
In death's shadow, hand in hand
Though the world in outrage wept for you
You were on your own when they came for you
And no one heard you when you screamed
But your cries re-echo eternally
You wanted justice, wanted to be free
In death's shadow, hand in hand
Though the world in outrage wept for you
You were on your own when they came for you
They came for you and
No one heard you when you screamed
And though your bodies fell to dust
Your voices now are strong to us
Re-echo round us now
You who stood at Tiananmen
You will never see your homes again