There once was a note, pure and easy   Playing so free, like a breath rippling by   The note is eternal, I hear it, it sees me   Forever we blend it, forever we die      I listened and I heard music in a word   And words when you played your guitar   The noise that I was hearing   Was a million people cheering   And a child flew past me riding in a star      As people assemble   Civilization is trying to find a new way to die   But killing is really merely scene changer   All men are bored with other men's lies      I listened and I heard music in a word   And words when you played your guitar   The noise that I was hearing   Was a million people cheering   And a child flew past me riding in a star      Gas on the hillside, oil in the teacup   Watch all the chords of life lose their joy   Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness   The note that began all, can also destroy      We all know success when we all find our own dreams   And our love is enough to knock down any walls   And the future's been seen as men try to realize   The simple secret of the note in us all      I listened and I heard music in a word   And words when you played your guitar   The noise that I was hearing   Was a million people cheering   And a child flew past me riding in a star      There once was a note, pure and easy   Playing so free, like a breath rippling by      There once was a note, listen   There once was a note, listen   There once was a note, listen   ...