Absent Hosts Words and music by Cecilia EngAm Em Am Third planet, yellow star, G E Tell us where your children are. Am G Am E We have come here from afar Am G Am To answer their invitation. C G Long their message kept its pace, Am E Drifting on through endless space, Am G Seeking for another race-- Am G Am 'Til at last it found us. Far your children's plea was cast; Since its launch much time has passed. Here its trail led us at last. Tell us where to find them. Can we find them far away? Did some leave before the day That death came to this place to stay? Tell us where to find them. Dead planet, yellow star. Was it just another war? Did your children die before We found their invitation? From dust we come, to dust retire; Life too soon will oft expire. Poison winds and deadly fire Are all they've left to greet us. Third planet, yellow star, Tell us where your children are. We have come here from afar To answer their invitation.