China Lyrics - Joan Baez

In the month of May, in the glory of the day 

Came the descendants of a hundred flowers 

And their fight it did begin with the aging Mandarin 

And they fought with an extraordinary power 

Everyone was smiling, their hearts were one 

In Tiananmen Square 

But it seems that the Spring this year in Beijing 

Came just before the Fall 

There was no summer at all 

In Tiananmen Square 

China... China 

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There's peace in the emerald fields, there's mist upon the lakes 

But something is afoot in the People's Hall 

The spirit of Chu Ping is alive in young Chai Ling 

And the Emperor has his back against the wall 

Black sun rising over Tiananmen Square 

Over Tiananmen Square 

But it seems that the Spring this year in Beijing 

Came just before the Fall 

There was no summer at all 

In Tiananmen Square 

China... China 

In the month of June, in the darkness of the moon 

Went the descendants of a hundred flowers 

And time may never tell how many of them fell 

Like the petals of a rose in some satanic shower 

Everyone was weeping in all of China 

And Tiananmen Square 

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But it seems that the Spring this year in Beijing 

Came just before the Fall 

There was no summer at all 

In Tiananmen Square 

China... China 

And even the moon on the fourth day of June 

Hid her face and did not see 

Black sun rising over Tiananmen Square 

And Wang Wei Lin, you remember him 

All alone he stood before the tanks 

A shadow of forgotten ancestors in Tiananmen Square 

And my blue-eyed son, you had no one 

You could call a hero of your age 

You have the rainbow warriors of Tiananmen Square, singing 

China Shall Be Free 

China Shall Be Free 

China Shall Be Free