F5 Bb5 D5 C5 F5 F5 C5 F5 There's a silence growing before the comin' storm C5 F5 We're all around us alive or tattered and torn Bb5 Stripped of spirit and stripped of pride D5 C5 F5 Led to believe in the golden light C5 F5 A broken home is like a smokin' gun C5 F5 When the battles over the unfortunate ones Bb5 Pick up the pieces with no guarantees D5 C5 F5 That they won't be love's refugees Bb5 F5 Blame it on the father, blame it on the mother C5 F5 They just don't know how to talk to each other F5 Bb5 Like a river rollin' to the open sea F5 C5 D5 Bb5 Will all the children ever come to believe F5 C5 F5 Or are the children love's refugees SOLO C5 F5 On the ship of fools there's a golden ring C5 F5 In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king Bb5 Like Jezebel and old Ahab D5 C5 F5 The more you want the less you have Bb5 F5 Blame it on the father, blame it on the mother C5 F5 They just don't know how to talk to each other Bb5 Like a river rollin' to the open sea F5 C5 D5 Bb5 Will all the children ever come to believe F5 C5 F5 Or are the children love's refugees F5 Bb5 Like a river rollin' to the open sea F5 C5 D5 Bb5 Will all the children ever be set free F5 C5 F5 Or are the children love's refugees