[Verse 1]

The baby blinks her eyes

As the sun falls from the sky

She feels the stings of a thousand fires

As the city around her dies

Some sleep beneath the rubble

Some wake to a different world

From the crying babe will grow a laughing girl

[Verse 2]

Ten summers fade to autumn

Ten winters' snows have passed

She's a child of dreams and dances

She's a racer strong and fast

But the headaches come ever more often

And the dizziness always returns

And the word that she hears is leukemia and it burns

[Chorus]

Cranes over Hiroshima, white and red and gold

Flicker in the sunlight like a million vanished souls

I will fold these cranes of paper to a thousand one by one

And I'll fly away when I'm done

[Verse 3]

Her ancestors knew the legend

If you make a thousand cranes

From squares of colored paper

It will take the pain away

With loving hands she folds them

Six hundred forty four

'Til the morning her stumbling fingers can't fold anymore

[Chorus]

Cranes over Hiroshima, white and red and gold

Flicker in the sunlight like a million vanished souls

I will fold these cranes of paper to a thousand one by one

And I'll fly away when I'm done

[Verse 4]

Her friends did not forget her

Crane after crane they made

Until they reached a thousand

And laid them upon her grave

People from everywhere gathered

Together a prayer they said

And they wrote the words in granite so none can forget

[Outro]

This is our cry

This is our prayer

Peace in the world

This is our cry

This is our prayer

Peace in the world

This is our cry

This is our prayer

Peace in the world

This is our cry (No more Hiroshimas)

This is our prayer (No more Nagasakis)

Peace in the world

This is our cry

This is our prayer

Peace in the world

This is our cry (Sing a song of peace)

This is our prayer (Dream a dream of)

Peace in the world

This is our cry

This is our prayer

Peace in the world

This is our cry

This is our prayer

Peace in the world

This is our cry

This is our prayer