"Broken Dreams of Uplift"
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day
after (and may be sung against) "Uplift" by Andy Eigel

/ E5 G D A / / / E5 G D B7 /

We walk a lonely road, the only one that we have ever known
Rising from the darkness since the dawning of the Age of Stone
Learn to make the tools, learn to change the rules and change the world
And as our path's unfurled we'll go together, but we'll walk alone

Time to plant the seed to feed the millions, billions yet to come
Invention matching need, but greed turns food for all to wealth for some
Towns and cities spread to empire over, power over all
We'll hide behind our walls, and we'll grow together, but we'll walk alone

Coal to heat the steam to fuel the dream the engine's screaming sound
Feeding the machine, our claws of steel rip fire from the ground
The lightning does our will, so onward still and never count the cost
Can't see what's been lost for what we've found,
	but, where we're bound, we'll walk a--

		/ C G D A / / / C G B7 - /

		Crawl out of the mud, ongoing but slow
		For the path that is easy ain't the one that lets us grow
		Climb the ladder rung by rung and never looking back
		On this track we walk alone

This is our only home, the only sacred ground we've ever known
Each other world we've seen is deadly hot or cold and dry as bone
If we mess this one up, I don't see how we'll get another chance
Time to rejoin the dance, 'cause we are still part of life and we're not alone!

	Hands build the fire, make the tools, plant the grain
	Songs teach the tribe, change the rules, begin again...