Flowers Of The Night

E                                 D          E
Paine and Pierce and Robespierre, Juarez and Danton,
E                        D                 E
Luther, King and Lumumba dead but far from gone
G               D          G                D
Lenin, Cleaver, Jesus too, outlaws in their nations,
G         D          A
Revolutionaries all, dreamed of liberation
E                       G              D
God is up in heaven his agents here on earth
A                                             G               D
The church has said that this man rules, he's best because of birth.
Em                         D              G                      D
But what's that noise down in the street, who dares to shout and sing?
G                      D            A
With all his courtiers at his side, who dares to touch the king?
E                          G                  E
Old man get some soldiers, keep them close at hand
A                                        G                 D
There's a fire in the country, there's a flame come to the land
G              D                G                     D
Seven thousand loyal troops, in ranks they stretch so far
G                   D               A
With seven thousand well armed men, no one can touch the czar.
E                        G              D
Louis watch the prisons, send the goons around
A                             G                D
Is that Paris burning, is the Bastille falling down?
G                     D             G               D
And where are all the mercenaries - paid for by the king?
G                    D                    A
Have they joined the mob you say, doesn't money mean anything?
E                          G                  D
Old men get some soldiers, keep them close at hand,
A                                      G             D
The seeds that were sown yesterday now flower in the land
    G                   D              G        D
And guard yourself most carefully with military might.
    G                  D                 A
For plants that cannot bloom by day must flower in the night.