Oh-oh, people of the earth
"Listen to the warning, " the seer he said
Beware the storm that gathers here Listen to the wise manI dreamed I saw on a moonlit stair
Spreading his hand on the multitude there A man who cried for a love gone stale And ice-cold hearts of charity bareI watched as fear took the old man's gaze
Hopes of the young in troubled graves "I see no day, " I heard him say So grey is the face of every mortalAh-ah, people of the earth
"Listen to the warning, " the prophet he said For soon the cold of night will fall Summoned by your own handAh-ah, children of the land
Quicken to the new life, take my hand Fly and find the new green bough Return like the white doveHe told of death as a bone white haze
Taking the lost and the unloved babe Late too late, all the wretches run These kings of beasts now counting their daysFrom mother's love is the son estranged
Married his own, his precious gain The earth will shake, in two will break And death all round will be your dowryAh-ah, people of the earth
"Listen to the warning, " the seer he said For those who hear and mark my words Listen to the good planAh-ah-ah-ah
And two by two, my human zoo They'll be running for to come Running for to come out of the rain Oh, flee for your life Who heed me not let all your treasure make you Oh, fear for your life Deceive you not, the fires of hell will take you Should death await youAh-ah, people can you hear me?
People can you hear me?
People can you hear me? And now I know, and now I know And now I know, I know, I know that you can hear me And now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I knowThe earth will shake, in two will break
The earth will shake, in two will break Death all around, around, around, around Around, around, around, around Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know, now I knowWoah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah
Listen to the wise, listen to the wise, listen to the wise
Listen to the wise, listen to the wise manLa-la
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I, you (Come here) Come here (I, you) I, you (Come here) Come here (I, you) I, you (Come here)Ahh, aahh, ahh, aaahh
Listen to the man, listen to the man
Listen to the man, listen to the mad manGod give you grace to purge this place
And peace all around may be your fortuneOh-oh, children of the land
Love is still the answer, take my hand The vision fades, a voice I hear "Listen to the madman"Ooh, but still I fear and still I dare not
Laugh at the madman