Dar Williams - I am the one who will remember everything

Oh what have we^Em here, he must be ^Gthree or ^Cfour, Shaken out of a^Em boot on its^G way back to^C war And he’s not lo^Goking ^Bmfor a father^Em or a mother, Just a^C seven year old^G brother, On this^Am smudged line border^D camp of refugees,

^EmI am the ^Gone who will re^Cmember everything ^EmI am the ^Gone who will re^Cmember everything

So where are we^Em now, he must^G be five or^C six, Just running^Em around, hungry^G kids, sharpened^C sticks. And he will^G grow with^Bm pain and fear and^Em jealousy, Taken in by^C schools of^G zealotry, Who train^Am orphans to make^D orphans evermore.

^EmI am the ^Gone who will re^Cmember everything ^EmI am the ^Gone who will re^Cmember everything ^EmI am the ^Gone who will re^Cmember everything ^EmI am the ^Gone who will re^Cmember everything

You drink the^Em smoke, you ride the^G noise You drink the^C smoke, you ride the noise, And you^Em say it’s ^Gnecessary, And you for^Cget the ordinary

But I say,^Em on the^G wheel of time^C, Scour the Earth and find the ^EmOrphans of^G forgetting, all the^C orphans of forgetting, Give them^Em stars for math and^G praise for good play, ^CHere’s a Ban^Amd-Aid, happy birthday, ^DYes of course I did remember, I remember everything^Em

Oh come over^Em here, kid weâ?^G?™ve got all ^Cthese books to read, With the turtles and^Em frogs, cats and^G dogs who civilize^C the centuries, And in a^G world thatâ^Bm€™s angry, crue^Eml and furious, There’s^C this monkey whoâ^G€™s just curious, Floating^Am high above a^D park with bright balloons.

^EmI am the ^Gone who will re^Cmember everything ^EmI am the ^Gone who will re^Cmember everything ^EmI am the ^Gone who will re^Cmember everything ^EmI am the ^Gone who will re^Cmember everything ^EmEverything…