Hope Eyrie Words and music by Leslie Fish © 1975Am C G F E Worlds grow old and suns grow cold Am G C E And death we never can doubt. Am G C G Time’s cold wind, wailing down the past, E E7 Reminds us that all flesh is grass Am G Am And history’s lamps blow out C G E Am G But the Eagle has landed; tell your children when. C G C G E Am Time won’t drive us down to dust again. Am C G F E Cycles turn while the far stars burn, Am G C E And people and planets age. Am G C G Life’s crown passes to younger lands, E E7 Time sweeps dust of hope from his hands Am G Am And turns another page. C G E Am G But the Eagle has landed; tell your children when. C G C G E Am Time won’t drive us down to dust again. Am C G F E But we who feel the weight of the wheel Am G C E As winter falls over our world Am G C G Can hope for tomorrow and raise our eyes E E7 To a silver moon in the opened skies Am G Am And a single flag unfurled. C G E Am G For the Eagle has landed; tell your children when. C G C G E Am Time won’t drive us down to dust again. Am C G F E We know well what life can tell: Am G C E If you would not perish, then grow. Am G C G And today, our fragile flesh and steel E E7 Have laid their hands on a vaster wheel Am G Am With all of the stars to know C G E Am G That the Eagle has landed; tell your children when. C G C G E Am Time won’t drive us down to dust again. Am C G F E From all who tried out of history’s tide, Am G C E Salute for the team that won. Am G C G And the old Earth smiles at her children’s reach; E E7 The wave that carried us up the beach Am G Am To reach for the shining sun. C G E Am G For the Eagle has landed; tell your children when. C G C G E Am Time won’t drive us down to dust again.