INTRO: D D Read about the sorry way he done somebody's daughter A D Chained to a heavy thing and threw her in the water D And she sank into the darkness with their baby son inside her A D A little piece of truth and beauty died D Burnin' up the atmosphere and cuttin' down the trees A D The billion dollar bombin' of a nation on its knees D Anyone not marchin' to their tune they call it treason A D Everyone says God is on his side D G See the lightnin' hear the cries A D Of the wounded of a world in holy war G Mortal thunder from the skies A D Killin' everything they say they're fightin for D G Broken babies, broken homes A D Broken hearted people dyin' everyday G How'd this happen, what went wrong A D Don't blame God I swear to God I heard Him say D G "Not in My name, not on My ground A D I want nothin' but the endin' of the war G No more killin' or it's over A D And the Mystery won't matter anymore" D G Broken dreamers, broken rules A D Broken hearted people just like me and you G We are children of the stars A D Don't blame God I swear to God He's cryin' too D G "Not in My name, not on My ground A D I want nothin' but the endin' of the war G No more killin', or it's over A D And the Mystery won't matter anymore" D Read about the sorry way he done somebody's daughter A D Chained her to a heavy thing and threw her in the water D And she sank into the darkness with their baby son inside her A D A little piece of truth and beauty died