"Antarctica"
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Africa" by Toto

(capo 2)

/: G D Em G /[ F Am Em F :/[ F - - - /

I hear the winds whistling tonight
But you hear only whispers of some quiet consternation
We're getting out, last desperate flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that spiral towards damnation

I searched the old ones' crumbling tombs
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies
But all I read there was this doom:
Hurry, something's waiting there for you!

	/ Dm Bb F C / / / Dm Bb F Am C Dm /

	It's gonna take a lot to take me away from here
	There's nothing you could say to wipe away that faceless fear
	I curse the snows in Antarctica
	Had to face some things I guess I'll never understand

The dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless, warning of some unexpected company
I know that I must do what's right
Sure as nameless mountains rise above the glaciers towards infinity

I seek to cure what's deep inside
Frightened of this thing that I've become

	It's gonna take a lot to take me away from here
	There's nothing anyone could say to erase that faceless fear
	I curse the snows in Antarctica
	Had to face some things I wish I didn't understand

And now you say that you'll return
One more ill-planned expedition to that undiscovered continent
Some things weren't meant for us to learn
You don't know what's waiting there for you!

	For the love of God, man, stay away from there!
	There are things the mind of man was never meant to bear
	I curse the snows in Antarctica
	I curse the snows in Antarctica
	I curse the snows in Antarctica
	Had to face some things I pray you'll never understand