🎵 Dawn of Man // by Michael Guy Bowman

6 ContributorsDawn of Man Lyrics [Instrumental] [Verse 1] I was about fifteen I was walking the beach I was a-racing a wave It knocked me off my feet I fell into the tide It spat me back on the sand I laughed without a clue How lucky I was to land [Chorus] It's been a long, long time (Long, long time) Since my life was spared It's been a long, long time (Long, long time) But I'm still not scared [Verse 2] It was the dawn of man I held the bone in my hand (Hand) I was as hungry as death (Death) Wandering through the sand (Sand) I met a wild boar (Boar) My bone came down with a crack (Crack) I tasted flesh and blood (Flesh and blood) And swore I'd never look back (Back) [Chorus] It's been a long, long time (Long, long time) But I had just begun (Just begun) It's been a long, long time (Long, long time) Out in the African sun (Sun) It's been a long, long time (Long, long time) Since I learned that skill (Skill) It's been a long, long time (Long time) Since my very first kill [Bridge] If anyone's out there to see what we have done (Done, done, done) Can somebody tell me what we are to become? Our tiny lives, they fly right by This goodly frame, it does not care if we live or die [Verse 3] It was the month of June In Tiananmen square The tanks were on TV But I was not yet there The guns, they all went pop! We heard the screams and shouts I was brought into this world (World, world) As they were taken out (Out) [Chorus] It's been a long, long time (Long, long time) So many people to mourn (Mourn) It's been a long, long time (Long, long time) Since the day I was born It's been a long, long time (Long, long time) And yet no time at all (At all) It's been a long, long time (Long, long time) And yet no time at all [Outro] If anyone's out there to see what I have done Can somebody tell me what I am to become? Our tiny lives, they fly right by Who were they? And next to them, who the hell am I? [Instrumental]