A thousand folded paper cranes
The colored squares, that you remade
Inside a ribbon box they wait
For her, with hope, we'll hear her say
Lets dig a hole to China
If that's what you decide
We'll turn the whole world over
Come out the other side
You folded up a thousand cranes
What they once stood for, still remains
A guided tour you'd undertake
And chart a course, some better place
Lets dig a hole to China
If that's what you decide
We'll turn the whole world over
Come out the other side
A thousand folded paper cranes
You beckoned them to echo change
And hoped that they could help sustain
So Karen could go home again
We dug a hole to China
'Cause that's what you decide
We'll fill it up, from the other side