Midnight at the Well words and music copyright 1985 by Bill Sutton All Rights Reserved Dm Am I stand and watch the universe so strong and full of light. Dm Am I watch the children grow and dreamers fight. Bb C F C Bb And yet you ask me now to throw them all away, Bb C Dm To steal from them their right to have their day. Bb C Dm CHORUS: And all the deeds we've done, Bb C Dm All the things that we've begun, Bb C Dm All the people, every heaven, every hell, Bb C Dm All the places that we've been, Bb C Dm And all the wonders that we've seen Bb C Dm Will vanish when it's Midnight at the Well. I've seen a thousand races die but thousands more still thrive. Those living races have a right to survive. Art and joy and music -- all will disappear -- And no one will even know that they were here. CHORUS But I will not take all the blame for the things you ask. Mine not the only guilt, the only task. I must be the one to pull the trigger, it is true, But the one who gives the order shall be you. CHORUS Must vanish for it's Midnight at the Well. Give the order -- it's Midnight at the Well.