Verse 1
Am
It was late in a Lebanese restaurant, in the heat of a Lebanese night,
There was dancing, people were singing, she came in from the garden outside,
             G                    Am
And in her eyes I saw the stars, 
F                                 Am
And I felt something happen in my heart;

Verse 2
Am
Then I knew I was going to meet her in the heat of a Lebanese night,
And the girl inside the woman, who came over to sit by my side,
   G                        Am
And when she smiled, the whole world stopped,
F                              G
It was then I heard the echoes of a child;

Chorus

G                C            G                  Dm
And did you go to your bed with a sweet lullaby, 
   C               Am                 G
And the sound of the guns in the night, 
G            C            G                  Dm
And did you dance in the fields, did you run for your life,
    C                   Am             G
From the hell that came down from the sky? 
Am
On a Lebanese night, on a Lebanese night;

Verse 3
Am
We went down to the edge of the water, by the light of a Lebanese dawn,
And she told me all the stories of her beautiful land in the war,
G                    Am
Her tears fell down, the sun came up, 
F                              G
And I saw again the young girl in her eyes;


Chorus

G                C            G                Dm
And did you go to your bed with a sweet lullaby, 
   C               Am                 G
And the sound of the guns in the night, 
G            C            G               Dm
And did you dance in the fields, did you run for your life,
    C                   Am             G
From the hell that came down from the sky? 
Am
On a Lebanese night, on a Lebanese night;

Bridge
              Am            G
All of my life, all I have known, 
          Dm                         Am
only a place where peace cannot go;
            Am                   G
All over the world, the gift from before, 
      Dm                   Am
nothing is left for the children of war;

Chorus