Winter Turns To Spring

D A D I knew a man who nothing could dismay G D Or take away his dignity G D Em G A man who knew, what two and two made and how A D Many flowers make the spring D A D Saw spring crushed in 1939 G D Beneath the wheels of Germany G D Em G He walked through all the fallen cities somehow A D Like a seed towards the spring D A D Returning home in 1945 G D Prague was full of Russian tanks G D Em G And it was law, two twos are four only now A D Joseph Stalin makes the spring G D You have to know the difference A D Between the roundabouts and swings G Em D No matter what the distance Em A Winter turns to spring D A D Sentenced to death in 1954 G D Too much of a socialist G D Em G Surprise surprise, old Stalin dies and somehow A D It's still flowers make the spring D A D So through the cold war he studied Kafka G D And learned like Galileo G D Em G To tell as much truth as the times allow A D While planting seeds towards the spring D A D So when it came in 1968 G D Wenceslas was glorious G D Em G But in the summer, the Russian armour came A D To save the people from their spring D A D I asked him then, in his last exile G D How come you're still a socialist? G D Em G He said ask me instead what two and two make and how A D Many flowers make the spring G D G D From Prague to Santiago, Belfast to Beijing Em D G Underground but undefeated Em D Winter turns G Em Winter turns D G Winter turns Em D Winter turns to spring 2x