by Tom Atlee
(sung to "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", strongly)
Oh what is this great Y2K arising in our land,
that's come upon us stealthily while we were doing grand?
We'll face this night without a light until we understand
that it's all about the lessons we must learn,
lessons to learn,
yes it's all about the lessons we must learn.
The shadow cast upon the buoyant future we had planned
is making us wake up to real life and its demand:
"Don't turn away the dawning day: Together understand:
Y2K teaches everything you need
all that you need.
Y2K teaches everything you need!"
Our lives of comfort may be swept into a rapid spin.
We'll find that what's been out about is ready to come in.
And what's inside is ready to come outside and begin
to remind us the lessons to be learned
lessons to learn,
to remind us of the lessons to be learned.
We've been along this path before, together and apart.
We've lost our way and now its time to make another start.
To find our way back into life, to earth and into heart.
All along there's been lessons to be learned,
lessons to learn,
And this new day brings more lessons we can learn.
The web we wove is brittle now -- it's breaking strand by strand.
Before it's gone let's wake ourselves and lend a helping hand
To neighbors, strangers, families, in this and every land.
Love and kindness are lessons we must learn,
lessons to learn,
Love and kindness are lessons to be learned.
A song must find its end and fade into the passing day.
But new days come and with the sun find something else to say,
Life picks us up as instruments to play another way.
And each song brings us lessons to be learned,
lessons to learn,
Each day's song brings new lessons to be learned.