Five Thousand Years (Sun is Gonna Go, Reprise) by Raymond Arnold published on 2013-04-18T19:36:37Z (c) Raymond Arnold 2012 Morning’s comin’ soon. A brand new sun is gonna rise. Flowers gonna bloom, Underneath a distant sky. Good folks are gonna thrive, And whether or not the gods might care, Human hearts’ll swell with pride At all the lives that got them there. In five thousand years… (Whatcha want to do, whatcha wanna see, in another) Five thousand years… (Where we want to go, who we want to be) In five thousand years If we could boldly set our sights, And journey through the coldest night In five thousand years… Oh... We could build ourselves a brand new home, Raise the glass domes high. And in a century or three Our children might look at the sky And then at last they’d see That distant yellow sun. The cradle of humanity, And all the things we might become. In five thousand years… (Whatcha want to do, whatcha wanna see, in another) Five thousand years… (Where we want to go, who we want to be) In five thousand years… If we sailed across the stars, Unimaginably far In five thousand years... Oh.... Five thousand years... And maybe good folk still might die, But maybe not, we gotta try I don’t quite know what road we’d take I don’t quite know what world we’d make I don’t quite know how things might change I don’t quite know what rules we’d break Our present selves might think it strange But there's so many lives at stake In five thousand years… (Whatcha want to do, whatcha wanna see, in another) Five thousand years… (Where we want to go, who we want to be) In five thousand years… If we could see through space and time What kind of world you think we’d find In five thousand years? Five thousand years… (Whatcha want to do, whatcha wanna see, in another) Five thousand years… (Where we want to go, who we want to be) Entropy is bearin’ down But we got tricks to stick around. And if we live to see the day That yellow fades to red then grey, We’ll take a moment, one by one Turn to face the dying sun Bittersweetly wave good bye - The journey’s only just begun.... In five thousand years… (Whatcha want to do, whatcha wanna see, in another) Five million years… (Where we want to go, who we want to be) In five billion years… When all that we once know is gone, We’ll find a way to carry on In five billion years. Five billion years… Watcha wanna do, watcha wanna see? Five billion years… Where we wanna go... who we wanna be...?
