TRACY CHAPMAN – New Beginning (official music video)

We can break the cycle – We can break the chain We can start all over – In the new beginning We can learn, we can teach We can share the myths the dream the prayer The notion that we can do better Change our lives and paths Create a new world

Tracy Chapman, “New Beginning”

From the homonymous album (1995)

The whole world’s broke and it ain’t worth fixing It’s time to start all over, make a new beginning There’s too much pain, too much suffering Let’s resolve to start all over make a new beginning

Now don’t get me wrong I love life and living But when you wake up and look around at everything that’s going down All wrong

You see we need to change it now, this world with too few happy endings We can resolve to start all over make a new beginning

Start all over Start all over Start all over Start all over

The world is broken into fragments and pieces That once were joined together in a unified whole But now too many stand alone

There’s too much separation We can resolve to come together in the new beginning

Start all over Start all over Start all over Start all over

We can break the cycle – We can break the chain We can start all over – In the new beginning We can learn, we can teach We can share the myths the dream the prayer The notion that we can do better Change our lives and paths Create a new world

And Start all over Start all over Start all over Start all over

The whole world’s broke and it ain’t worth fixing It’s time to start all over, make a new beginning There’s too much fighting, too little understanding It’s time to stop and start all over Make a new beginning

Start all over Start all over Start all over Start all over

We need to make new symbols Make new signs Make a new language With these we’ll define the world

And start all over Start all over Start all over Start all over…