Millennium's Dawn

© 2000 Stephen Savitzky. CC-by-nc-sa.

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	Now the Second Millennium's over

	C	G
I'm not s	orry to leave it beh	ind,

	C	Em
But we	all had our dreams of t	omorrow

	G	D7
And I c	an't get them off of my m	ind.

	G
Wh	ere is the promise that beckoned?

	C	G
Wh	ere has our old future g	one?

	C	Em
	Everything should have been d	ifferent

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In the l	ight of the Millenni	um's d	awn.

G

C an you hear the rockets thunder

C G

As they c arry us up past the sk ies?

C Em

Can you s ee the cities of w onder

G D7

As they gl eam in the bright sunr ise?

G D7 G

Can you t ell me where our h opes and dr eams

C G

And our m aps of the future have g one?

C Em

They were c arried away on the n ight wind

G D7 G

Bef ore the Milleni um's d awn.

	G
Oh I sh	ould have been watching the earthrise

	C	G
From a d	ome on the bright lunar pl	ain

	C	Em
But I t	ook a wrong turn at the '	60s

	G	D7
now I'm dr	iving back home in the r	ain

	G
So wh	ere are the domed lunar cities?

	C	G
Wh	ere have space colonies g	one?

	C	Em
I c	an't find my way to the sp	aceport

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In the l	ight of the Millenn	ium's d	awn.

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C an you hear the rockets thunder

C G

As they c arry us up past the sk ies?

C Em

Can you s ee the cities of w onder

G D7

As they gl eam in the bright sunr ise?

G D7 G

Can you t ell me where our h opes and dr eams

C G

And our m aps of the future have g one?

C Em

They were c arried away on the n ight wind

G D7 G

Bef ore the Millenni um's d awn.

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We had p	ictures of towers that glisten

	C	G
Standing t	all in the clear light of d	ay

	C	Em
Conn	ected by ribbons of s	idewalk--

	G	D7
They look n	othing like South San Jos	\'e.

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So wh	ere are the cities and skyways?

	C	G
Wh	ere have the monorails g	one?

	C	Em
I st	ill can't see them gl	eaming

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In the l	ight of the Millenn	ium's d	awn.

G

C an you hear the rockets thunder

C G

As they c arry us up past the sk ies?

C Em

Can you s ee the cities of w onder

G D7

As they gl eam in the bright sunr ise?

G D7 G

Can you t ell me where our h opes and dr eams

C G

And our m aps of the future have g one?

C Em

They were c arried away on the n ight wind

G D7 G

Bef ore the Millenni um's d awn.

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Now there	ought to be talking computers,

	C	G
And mech	anical servants, of c	ourse

	C	Em
But they	all flunked the Turing test b	adly

	G	D7
While Deep Bl	ue won at chess by brute f	orce,

	G
So wh	ere is HAL now when we need him?

	C	G
Wh	ere have the robots all g	one?

	C	Em
I st	ill can't hear them m	arching

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In the l	ight of the Millenn	ium's d	awn.

G

C an you hear the rockets thunder

C G

As they c arry us up past the sk ies?

C Em

Can you s ee the cities of w onder

G D7

As they gl eam in the bright sunr ise?

G D7 G

Can you t ell me where our h opes and dr eams

C G

And our m aps of the future have g one?

C Em

They were c arried away on the n ight wind

G D7 G

Bef ore the Millenni um's d awn.

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Well, h	ere's to an age that's departed,

	C	G
And to p	ictures we drew in the s	and.

	C	Em
All the d	reams that I had when we st	arted,

	G	D7
Have cr	umbled to dust in my h	and.

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Guess I'll p	ull a new map from my pocket;

	C	G
Never m	ind where the old ones have g	one,

	C	Em
And I'll l	ook for a new road to f	ollow

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In the l	ight of the Millenni	um's d	awn.

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C an you hear the bells all ringing

C G

As they w elcome the bright sunr ise?

C Em

Can you s ee a small child s inging

G D7

With w onder in her eyes?

G

Can you t ake new hope and dream again

C G

After the darkness has g one

C Em

And the w inds of time are bl owing

G D7 G

After the Millenni um's d awn?

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	Now we're out where the daylight can find us,

	C	G
But our	journey has hardly beg	un;

	C	Em
There are	old bridges blazing beh	ind us,

	G	D7
And we're	drawing new maps as we	run.

	G
If we	want the bright future we charted

	C	G
We must	chase down our dreams	where they've gone,

	C	Em
And	finish the work that we	started

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By the	light of the Millenni	um's d	awn.

G

Y es, we'll make the rockets thunder

C G

To c arry us up past the sk ies;

C Em

We will b uild new cities of w onder

G D7

To gl eam in the bright sunr ise;

G

Here's h ope to heal your sorrow

C G

N ow that the old dreams are g one,

C Em

And the p ast has turned into tom orrow

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In the l ight of the Millenni um's d awn.