"taH pagh taHbe'"
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock

(no capo)

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Is this the people that I fought for?
Is this the banner I held high?
Our ancestors never asked for quarter
Nor will I!

Now we stand ready to surrender
As I predicted all along
Wasn't it yesterday when we were strong?

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	taH pagh taHbe'
	taH pagh taHbe'
	When did we grow weak?
	Honor turns overnight to ashes
	Crumbling even as we speak

Here stands the leader of an Empire
For which so many leaders died
Will you still have the strength to lead us
When worlds collide?

Drink to your undiscovered country
That's not the future that I choose
Don't think that you have nothing left to lose!

	taH pagh taHbe'
	taH pagh taHbe'
	We have so far to fall
	To be or not to be's the question
	That now preoccupies us all

I struck for honor and for country
But someone else has to take the blame
Weren't my people always ready
To curse your name?

As an opponent I admire you
But I won't be facing you today
I'm only getting you out of the way

	taH pagh taHbe'
	taH pagh taHbe'
	No peace in our time!
	How do you think you're going to stop me
	When you must answer for my crime?

Diplomats barter lives by inches
That's not the epitaph for me
I still prefer to die in battle
Proud and free!

You still have hope of buying peace here
But first you have to win my war
Captain, it's time to even up the score!

	taH pagh taHbe'
	taH pagh taHbe'
	Once more unto the breach!
	We both see the future that we fight for
	Hovering just beyond our reach