I brought a song into this world   Just a melody with words   It trembles here before my eyes   How can this song survive       I brought it to the tower of gold   In my coat of many holes   I came unarmed, they've got knives   How can this song survive      Oh now, I can't help wondering how it is   How someone like you exists   When all around you bullets fly   You don't seem to notice them go by   How can this song survive      Oh now, I see the game I'm up against   No wonder I feel so afraid   For every song you ever heard   How many more have died at birth   Oh how, how can this song survive      I brought a song into this world   Just a melody with words   It trembles here before my eyes   How can this song survive   I came unarmed   They've all got knives   How can this song survive   Until we finally say goodbye   How, how can this song survive   I wonder how, I wonder why