Intro:G Am D7
G Em
There are children raised in sorrow on a scorched
C Am
and barren plain there are children raised beneath
G D7 G
the golden sun there are children of the water
Em C
children of the sand and they cry throughout
Am F D
the universe their voices raised as one
G C
CHORUS: I want to live I want to grow I want to see
B#m C
I want to know I want to share what I can give
D G
I want to be I want to live
G Em
Have you gazed out on the ocean, seen the breaching
C
of a whale have you watched the dolphins
Am G D7 G
frolic in the foam have you heard the sound
Em
the humpback hears five hundred miles away
C Am F D
telling tales of ancient history of passages and home
REPEAT CHORUS
Am Em
For the worker and the warrior the lover and the liar
F Am G D7
for the native and the wanderer in kind
Am Em
for the maker and the user the mother and her son
F Am F D
I am looking for my family and all of you are mine
G Em
We are standing all together face to face and arm in arm
C Am G D7
We are standing on the threshold of a dream
G Em
no more hunger no more killing no more wasting life away
C Am F D
it is simply an idea and I know it's time has come
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
C D G C D G
END: I want to live I want to live
