I brought a song into this world
   Just a melody with words
   It trembles here before my eyes
   How can this song survive
  
   I brought it to the tower of gold
   In my coat of many holes
   I came unarmed, they?ve got knives
   How can this song survive
  
   Oh now, I can?t help wondering how it is
   How someone like you exists
   When all around you bullets fly
   You don?t seem to notice them go by
   How can this song survive
  
   Oh now, I see the game I?m up against
   No wonder I feel so afraid
   For every song you ever heard
   How many more have died at birth
   Oh how, how can this song survive
  
   I brought a song into this world
   Just a melody with words
   It trembles here before my eyes
   How can this song survive
   I came unarmed, they?ve all got knives
   How can this song survive
   Until we finally say goodbye
   How, how can this song survive
   I wonder how, I wonder why?