China - Joan Baez

In the month of May, in the glory of the day

Came the descendants of a hundred flowers

And their fight it did begin with the aging Mandarin

And they fought with an extraordinary power

Everyone was smiling, their hearts were one

In Tiananmen Square

But it seems that the Spring this year in Beijing

Came just before the Fall

There was no summer at all

In Tiananmen Square

China… China

There’s peace in the emerald fields, there’s mist upon the lakes

But something is afoot in the People’s Hall

The spirit of Chu Ping is alive in young Chai Ling

And the Emperor has his back against the wall

Black sun rising over Tiananmen Square

Over Tiananmen Square

But it seems that the Spring this year in Beijing

Came just before the Fall

There was no summer at all

In Tiananmen Square

China… China

In the month of June, in the darkness of the moon

Went the descendants of a hundred flowers

And time may never tell how many of them fell

Like the petals of a rose in some satanic shower

Everyone was weeping in all of China

And Tiananmen Square

But it seems that the Spring this year in Beijing

Came just before the Fall

There was no summer at all

In Tiananmen Square

China… China

And even the moon on the fourth day of June

Hid her face and did not see

Black sun rising over Tiananmen Square

And Wang Wei Lin, you remember him

All alone he stood before the tanks

A shadow of forgotten ancestors in Tiananmen Square

And my blue-eyed son, you had no one

You could call a hero of your age

You have the rainbow warriors of Tiananmen Square, singing

China Shall Be Free

China Shall Be Free

China Shall Be Free