I'm a ruby to someone somewhere

Not a piece of coal

Looking for a lover, looking for a home

Just some peace here in this old world

The sun will melt the glaciers

The mountains turn to dust

The rivers carve the canyons

What I do not live is lost

Mother, please protect me

Mother, please defend me

Mother, please don't abandon me

Only half a life has been my own

And half I never knew

Split the atoms of this half life

Let the phoenix rise anew

There's a face of love and kindness

There's a mother deep inside

And she knows a ruby when she sees one

And her arms are open wide

Mother, please protect me

Mother, please defend me

Mother, please don't abandon me

Just some peace here in this old world

Just some peace here in this old world

Just some peace here in this old world