C Em F G C Em F G F G C to Am F G C G Verses F G C to Am F G C C7 F G C to Am F G C G Chorus I heard sirens scream out into the night I saw missiles leaving streaks of light , I saw balls of fire growing higher and higher, can't help wonder if this is the end of times, I heard the people shout , all trying to get out , as the building's fell , like a scene from hell. And the children crying, as their families lay dying , just before an eerie silence fell. How all those wretched screams have started to haunt my dreams, as this horror story is slowly unfurled , until my radio alarm greets a brand new dawn and Satchmo sings what a wonderful world. I'll never understand i'm just an average man , trying to do right for my own family , but there is so much pain caused by political games , how long I wonder before this happens to me. When will my silent night be lit up by missile strikes , and clouds of ash start falling from the sky, will I be the one that's dying, listening to my own children crying, all of us asking the same question, why? How all these wretched screams have started to haunt my dreams, as this horror story is slowly unfurled , until my radio alarm greets a brand new dawn and Satchmo sings what a wonderful world. There are no trees of green.
A song much needed...in these crazy times....thanks for giving us all your voice...our voice...thank you Frank for this song of war and peace....giving a voice to our fears...yet there s hope for us all...as long as there s like- minded people...out there...thank you...😢❤
Amazing song, I think its a perspective we all share these days, I just hope that we one day get to figure out why, so that the trees of green may one day return.
Frank, you sing the words that are inside my heart. Thank you so very much for expressing what I cannot verbalize. I know I speak for many others, too. You are a precious, special and brave man. I love you!
Did TH-cam just randomly recommend the Radiohead cover to you? I'm checking out all of his songs now. I wish I could buy an album or a t-shirt and support this man.
This spoke to my soul. Thank you Frank. Your soft voice soothes my troubled heart in these brutal times. Your music shines a light in all this darkness, helps me hold on to hope. Hoping for peace ❤
I thank God I am in this world while you are here, Frank. You are truly a spot of transcendent conscience in this crazy, increasingly-alien world we no longer recognize… Your musical versions and originals keep me grounded. In the midst of the turmoil and medical issues surrounding me, I can breathe and remember better times when I am holding your hand through your music and voice. God LOVES you, Frank. Because YOU are His GIFT to millions of us. Thank you. I LOVE YOU, FRANK WATKINSON. 🥹❤️🎶❤️
I’m a Palestine advocate. I lost a friend he was so young. None of this makes sense any more. This song makes me think of all the people who are gone, my friend, and my own pain is so intense. I dummy even know if fighting is worth it anymore.
It's not just there, it's everywhere. In every continent, in every country, and everywhere on earth. A kind of contagious madness of myopic vision without thinking about the future. And if a person tries to ask: "How will this help our child's future?" He is immediately declared as one who opposes the general cause and for the agitated masses, he is in fact a traitor. Albert Einstein said: "The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it". But I see that the situation made people stand up and do: spread truth, spread connection, spread faith in my ability to think independently, spread harmony, spread inclusion, spread listening, and overall, teach (or maybe remind) people how to be human again.
Yes, I enjoy your singing and playing as much as everyone else. What I enjoy most, though, is you singing your original music. It seems to come naturally for you to be able to come up with a new song and your style is perfect for these profound words. Thank you for doing this and sharing with the rest of the world.
I'm 28 & the last 5 years really have me thinking this way. Thank you for articulating all those feelings in such a beautiful song. You are a comfort to listen to, sir ❤
What a beautiful/touching song, Frank. Thank you very much. All your original songs are spectacular. Sadly, It makes me think of the millions of people slowly starving to death in Gaza in what has become a concentration camp. It's all so wrong.
@@FrankWatkinson - It's hard to believe that in 2024, an entire culture is being obliterated, and the world seems to do nothing but watch but do nothing. It's horrifying.
You remind me so much of the great Leonard Cohen, my friend said I should add a splash of Johnny Cash to that statement. Bravo. Timeless, beauty. My 14 year old loves you as much as my 53 year old ears.
Это просто потрясающе. Как я рада, что ютуб рекомендовал мне ваше видео. От каждой песни моё сердце разрывается. Я из России и понимаю слова через раз, но ваша музыка проходит через моё сердце. Фрэнк, мы хотим альбом с вашими песнями!!!❤❤❤
So grateful for the day you decided to create your channel and share your beautiful songs with the world , sir. They never fail to move me, usually to tears. Thank you so much.
Mucha Admiración Maestro Frank, Mi sueño es vivir de la música como ustedes trabajo de 7am a 8pm y invierto mi dinero a la música y algún día grabar con grandes artistas, he trabajado pase lo que pase por lograrlo y confio en Dios que tarde o temprano mi sueño será realidad, mientras tanto te felicito y yo seguiré luchando.
I love you music so much, it always seems to evoke so much emotions in me, it's a great talent to be able to hit people's emotions like that, I am so glad you decide to share your music
You are just truly talented and have a voice of an angel. You are from heaven im convinced, this song has a sad meaning but creates a powerful message, yet I think you portrayed it beautifully. Keep doing what you do because the world should be able to hear your enchanting voice ❤
Wow! How relevant this song is to what’s happening in the world right now but what also seems to have happened for countless yesterdays. They say if you don’t learn from history you’re doomed to repeat it. Sadly, it’s apparent the powers that be are quite dense as countries around the world have been repeating history over and over again. When will they smarten up and let there be peace?
this is so unreasonably good. wtf i just discovered you and this one is just unbelievable. your guitar sounds like an orchestra of fucking angels i dont even understand how you get such an amazing sound out of your instrument. ill just chalk that up to incredible writing. the tears are rolling sir ill personally keep this number alive for the rest of my life
This song is hitting me in the ways that The Dubliner's performance of "The Sun Is Burning" did, nearly 40 years ago when i first heard it. Your ironic reference to Louis Armstrong in the chorus and at the end...oof, my heart! Beautifully, heartbreakingly written and performed as always, and this one will really be sticking with me a while.
There is an end coming soon, only the end of the world as we know it. Then we will realize the world that God originally intended us to live in. Psalm 37:29. By the way, I love your music.
Beautiful touching lyrics, especially at this time where violence and death seem to be so normalized and everyone seems to have forgotten that after all, we’re all human and feel the same pain. Also beautiful voice and interpretation, as always, thank you Frank 🤍
Wow! I am just sitting here in awe but I also have such a sad demeanour at the same time with the thought that it's just so terrible that this is such an honest truth in these times we are living in. This is a sad reminder that while some of us (who aren't living in war-torn places) feel safe and secure, there are many people who don't have that same security and to them it is as if they are living in hell. Beautiful song that really causes you to look at things from painful standpoint. Well done.
I've got friends that have described tours in Iraq and Afghanistan that have told some horrific things that are just declared horrors of war. It's unfortunate people need to go through these things for the people up top. Unfortunately most of the time it's business. Another touching song thanks Frank.
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C Em F G C Em F G F G C to Am F G C G Verses
F G C to Am F G C C7 F G C to Am F G C G Chorus
I heard sirens scream out into the night I saw missiles leaving streaks of light ,
I saw balls of fire growing higher and higher, can't help wonder if this is the end of times,
I heard the people shout , all trying to get out , as the building's fell , like a scene from hell.
And the children crying, as their families lay dying , just before an eerie silence fell.
How all those wretched screams have started to haunt my dreams, as this horror story is slowly unfurled ,
until my radio alarm greets a brand new dawn and Satchmo sings what a wonderful world.
I'll never understand i'm just an average man , trying to do right for my own family ,
but there is so much pain caused by political games , how long I wonder before this happens to me.
When will my silent night be lit up by missile strikes , and clouds of ash start falling from the sky,
will I be the one that's dying, listening to my own children crying, all of us asking the same question, why?
How all these wretched screams have started to haunt my dreams, as this horror story is slowly unfurled ,
until my radio alarm greets a brand new dawn and Satchmo sings what a wonderful world.
There are no trees of green.
Love how you tell a story in your own words. Thank you for sharing your music with us. ❤❤❤
A song much needed...in these crazy times....thanks for giving us all your voice...our voice...thank you Frank for this song of war and peace....giving a voice to our fears...yet there s hope for us all...as long as there s like- minded people...out there...thank you...😢❤
Amazing song, I think its a perspective we all share these days, I just hope that we one day get to figure out why, so that the trees of green may one day return.
Absolutely beautiful and brilliant. You put so much feelings into your songs and I admire them. Thank you for sharing ✌️🍀
Frank, you sing the words that are inside my heart. Thank you so very much for expressing what I cannot verbalize. I know I speak for many others, too. You are a precious, special and brave man. I love you!
This song really hits the heart, especially in today’s world
I was thinking the same thing
Exactly 💯
This reminds me so much of Leonard Cohen. Your talent is timeless.
Did TH-cam just randomly recommend the Radiohead cover to you? I'm checking out all of his songs now. I wish I could buy an album or a t-shirt and support this man.
@@NormalGuyBrandon More chance of a t shirt than an album.
I get Jonny Cash vibes...
I thought of Leonard too. 😘
@@FrankWatkinsonbut if some producer came along and offered to record you would you do it? (I’m not a producer but I could see that happening)
This spoke to my soul. Thank you Frank. Your soft voice soothes my troubled heart in these brutal times. Your music shines a light in all this darkness, helps me hold on to hope. Hoping for peace ❤
I thank God I am in this world while you are here, Frank.
You are truly a spot of transcendent conscience in this crazy, increasingly-alien world we no longer recognize…
Your musical versions and originals keep me grounded.
In the midst of the turmoil and medical issues surrounding me, I can breathe and remember better times when I am holding your hand through your music and voice.
God LOVES you, Frank. Because YOU are His GIFT to millions of us.
Thank you. I LOVE YOU, FRANK WATKINSON. 🥹❤️🎶❤️
Beautiful voice and guitar playing.
Truly enchanting song sang by an incredibly talented man.🎵😁🎶
you are truly astonishing. I've never felt more peaceful while listening to anything. you have the voice of an angel
Your guitar strings always pulls on my heart strings. And your voice, absolutely mesmerizing! Love from 🇿🇦
I’m a Palestine advocate. I lost a friend he was so young. None of this makes sense any more. This song makes me think of all the people who are gone, my friend, and my own pain is so intense. I dummy even know if fighting is worth it anymore.
Politicians are for it, the people are not.
It's not just there, it's everywhere. In every continent, in every country, and everywhere on earth. A kind of contagious madness of myopic vision without thinking about the future.
And if a person tries to ask: "How will this help our child's future?" He is immediately declared as one who opposes the general cause and for the agitated masses, he is in fact a traitor.
Albert Einstein said: "The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it".
But I see that the situation made people stand up and do: spread truth, spread connection, spread faith in my ability to think independently, spread harmony, spread inclusion, spread listening, and overall, teach (or maybe remind) people how to be human again.
The zionist empire gets weaker every day, keep going.
Yes, I enjoy your singing and playing as much as everyone else. What I enjoy most, though, is you singing your original music. It seems to come naturally for you to be able to come up with a new song and your style is perfect for these profound words. Thank you for doing this and sharing with the rest of the world.
I'm 28 & the last 5 years really have me thinking this way. Thank you for articulating all those feelings in such a beautiful song. You are a comfort to listen to, sir ❤
Just wait man.
Those thoughts get louder
Very good!!
They say it’s darkest before the dawn. Thank you, Frank 🎵🎶❤️
What a beautiful/touching song, Frank. Thank you very much. All your original songs are spectacular. Sadly, It makes me think of the millions of people slowly starving to death in Gaza in what has become a concentration camp. It's all so wrong.
I don't know anyone who thinks it's right.
@@FrankWatkinson - It's hard to believe that in 2024, an entire culture is being obliterated, and the world seems to do nothing but watch but do nothing. It's horrifying.
You remind me so much of the great Leonard Cohen, my friend said I should add a splash of Johnny Cash to that statement. Bravo. Timeless, beauty. My 14 year old loves you as much as my 53 year old ears.
This was phenomenal, Frank. I’m so glad TH-cam recommended your channel to me. All the best!
Это просто потрясающе. Как я рада, что ютуб рекомендовал мне ваше видео. От каждой песни моё сердце разрывается. Я из России и понимаю слова через раз, но ваша музыка проходит через моё сердце. Фрэнк, мы хотим альбом с вашими песнями!!!❤❤❤
So grateful for the day you decided to create your channel and share your beautiful songs with the world , sir. They never fail to move me, usually to tears. Thank you so much.
What an extremely poignant song Frank. Thank you for sharing what we're all feeling
You are current proof of life on earth. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
This song is so touching, and at the same time so necessary! It portrays the world we live in today very well. I just want us to live in peace!
Another wonderful original. Love your music. :)
Dude is a rock star
NEVER CLICKED SO FAST OMGGG i'm soooo happy to hear you sing, i absolutely adore you and your voice !! thank you so much grandpa :))
i wish i could hug you right now. this song made me cry the first time I listened. so so beautiful and so much talent.
Beautiful song. I had goosebumps while listening, especially since the song also partially describes the situation in my native Ukraine.
i rarely cry during music but your voice just hits me in a very special but heavy way! God bless you!
Mucha Admiración Maestro Frank, Mi sueño es vivir de la música como ustedes trabajo de 7am a 8pm y invierto mi dinero a la música y algún día grabar con grandes artistas, he trabajado pase lo que pase por lograrlo y confio en Dios que tarde o temprano mi sueño será realidad, mientras tanto te felicito y yo seguiré luchando.
Don’t ever stop😊
Я желаю вам удачи!!!!
There are not enough superlatives to express the effect of this song on me. And that last line!!! Wow. Wiping tears.
I love you music so much, it always seems to evoke so much emotions in me, it's a great talent to be able to hit people's emotions like that, I am so glad you decide to share your music
Frank. I just discovered your channel and can't stop going from song to song. Thanks for sharing your talent and emtions with us!
💫 Sir Frank, this is sorrowfuly beautiful.........
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this is so hauntingly beautiful
Beautiful and on point,We're both lucky and unlucky to live in these times!
Yet another absolute banger from Frank, God Bless you my friend
Thank you for this song. Love and peace.💖🌈
Chill inducing
You brought me to tears, Mr. Watkinson.
beautiful and haunting.. very good Frank... love it.. thank you for sharing with us!
Nice papa Frank!!
The way the guitar sounds with your voice over it is so beautiful.
Love you, Frank...❤
Thanks, You've soothed and inspired this metalhead. Keep em coming. We need someone to sing the songs of our times.
This is radical, another great song. Thank you Mr. Watkinson!
Beautiful!!
Another beautiful original. The lyrics are so moving!
So incredibly haunting. I resonate with the deep, numb fear in the lyrics.
I love your music your like the grandfather I never had❤❤❤
Deeply thoughtful lyrics, sung wonderfully. Thank you.
You're amazing Grandpa 🫶🏼
You are just truly talented and have a voice of an angel. You are from heaven im convinced, this song has a sad meaning but creates a powerful message, yet I think you portrayed it beautifully. Keep doing what you do because the world should be able to hear your enchanting voice ❤
Bravo Frank.Bob Dylan is quaking in his boots right now .
Que interpretación tan preciosa ❤
Wow! How relevant this song is to what’s happening in the world right now but what also seems to have happened for countless yesterdays. They say if you don’t learn from history you’re doomed to repeat it. Sadly, it’s apparent the powers that be are quite dense as countries around the world have been repeating history over and over again. When will they smarten up and let there be peace?
They won't.
Dang. How amazing!
This gave me goosebumps. I do believe we are in the end times 😢
A whole lifetime of wisdom in this hauntingly beautiful song
Awesome I love your channel
You take my breath away ❤!!!!
this was absolutely beautiful, it brought me on the verge of tears
once again you stopped my life for 4:30 seconds. this was really deep Frank.
That's the most beautiful protest song I've ever Heard before... 🖤
After crying all day and wanting to die, this song definitely makes me feel seen
Best wishes to you sir
The best channel I ever saw Love the calming music
So Beautiful
Beautiful Frank. ❤
I will be 16 in 2 months, glad I found this great channel 😊
My dreams have been haunted as well Frank.
this is so unreasonably good. wtf
i just discovered you and this one is just unbelievable.
your guitar sounds like an orchestra of fucking angels i dont even understand how you get such an amazing sound out of your instrument.
ill just chalk that up to incredible writing.
the tears are rolling sir
ill personally keep this number alive for the rest of my life
This song is hitting me in the ways that The Dubliner's performance of "The Sun Is Burning" did, nearly 40 years ago when i first heard it. Your ironic reference to Louis Armstrong in the chorus and at the end...oof, my heart! Beautifully, heartbreakingly written and performed as always, and this one will really be sticking with me a while.
Thank you.
I love everything about this video sound,colors and quality 👏🏻😌 Thank you man for putting this up
The beginning of sorrows. John 3:14-17.
There is an end coming soon, only the end of the world as we know it. Then we will realize the world that God originally intended us to live in. Psalm 37:29. By the way, I love your music.
Only a few know the truth ! ❤
Omg, so precious
This encapsulates everything I've felt about the world since COVID hit 🥺
Beautiful touching lyrics, especially at this time where violence and death seem to be so normalized and everyone seems to have forgotten that after all, we’re all human and feel the same pain. Also beautiful voice and interpretation, as always, thank you Frank 🤍
Wow! I am just sitting here in awe but I also have such a sad demeanour at the same time with the thought that it's just so terrible that this is such an honest truth in these times we are living in. This is a sad reminder that while some of us (who aren't living in war-torn places) feel safe and secure, there are many people who don't have that same security and to them it is as if they are living in hell. Beautiful song that really causes you to look at things from painful standpoint. Well done.
I really appreciate the way he sings it really feels sincere
Please keep making music, this is hauntingly beautiful. thank you Frank.
Always such a pleasure to hear your original work, you're one of my biggest inspirations musically
He has a vision of what is to come !
Love to see it keep up the great work man!
Well, i like your videos 👍
Je suis sur le cul !!!! Comme on dit en France 🇫🇷….
Bravo !!!!
Thanks
Beautiful and so sad ❤😢
Thank you Mr. Watkinson! have a lovely evening!
Great Storyteller
You inspire me. Big time.
amazing song truly. your so talented and amazing frank. sending love 💕💕
❤❤ smooth Frank ia a poet to love you and Im 44 and Im a metal fan but i respect you very much kises
I've got friends that have described tours in Iraq and Afghanistan that have told some horrific things that are just declared horrors of war. It's unfortunate people need to go through these things for the people up top. Unfortunately most of the time it's business. Another touching song thanks Frank.
Frank. I have seen so many harrowing, soul crushing images and videos the last few months and I cannot tell you how moving this song was. Thank you
Saw this while trying to sleep and it really helps.
Wonderful playing, grandman ❤
Beautiful song.
I love you music so much:)
what a beautiful song
Oh wow, another great song, so beautiful Mr. Watkinson. Thank you very much!
Wish you peace and love ❤
God Frank,
It keeps getting better haha. I think the internet agrees