Clouds

C A long time ago, a nation G very far away Young men Am stood on a hillside, dreaming F of another day They never C knew what this would lead to, all these G visions, all these things, All they Am knew was that they'd never lose the F power of the dream A thousand years later and a million miles since You can still hear them coming, hear their voices in the wind A million different cities where the people cried aloud They knew the change was coming in the clouds C It G came in the Am clouds that F day Throwing open heaven's gates coming in on the winds of change The day it all came down That day was filled with clouds They saw a new heaven and earth A new birth, new universe born right here on the earth They knew that if this was to happen everything would have to change They'd bring the revolution and the day chorus The change they knew was coming never took them by surprise But lifted them unspoken with the wind into the skies And now, you can hear their voices, all eternity they cry, Immortal, they're a beacon in the sky chorus A long time ago, a nation very far away Young men stood on a hillside, dreaming of another day They never knew what this would lead to, all these visions, all these things, All they knew was that they'd never lose the power of the dream A thousand years later and a million miles since You can still hear them coming, hear their voices in the wind A million different cities where the people cried aloud They knew the change was coming in the clouds It came in the clouds that day Throwing open heaven's gates coming in on the winds of change The day it all came down That day was filled with clouds They saw a new heaven and earth A new birth, new universe born right here on the earth They knew that if this was to happen everything would have to change They'd bring the revolution and the day chorus The change they knew was coming never took them by surprise But lifted them unspoken with the wind into the skies And now, you can hear their voices, all eternity they cry, Immortal, they're a beacon in the sky chorus Alternate version of verse 1: A long time ago, a nation very far away Young men stood on a hillside, dreaming of another day They never knew what this would lead to, all these visions, all these things, All they knew was that they'd never give up the dream Alternate versions of verse 3: They saw a new heaven and a new earth A new world struggling up from its rebirth They knew that if this was to happen everything would have to change They'd bring the revolution and the day They saw a new heaven and earth coming down A new birth, new universe, born right here on the ground Theyd never cease the fight for the end that came Bring down the domination of the grave