I read a report of a DNA study that found that everyone alive today in the world was descended from a group of a very few people who lived about 100000 years ago (give or take) in Africa. I thought it was very cool that we are pretty much all related, so I wrote a song about it...
Players: Rick Garvin - vocals, guitars, bass
Wendell Ferguson - guitar
Alexia Melnychuk - vocals
Brad Hardstaff - tubanos
The Family of Man ©2008 Rick Garvin
1. 100,000 years ago
we left our ancient valley home
searching for a new dream to believe
we traveled north and south and east
our faces changed but underneath
in every way we’re still the sons of Eve
Chorus:
now here we are, the family of man
the daughters and sons of long lost friends
scattered round the world and back again
but still it’s we, the family of man
2. 10,000 years ago we ran
across the northern bridge of land
and learned to live and love in ice and snow
we spread throughout the southern seas
we traveled when and where we pleased
always seeking harmony and home
Chorus:
3. and now it’s only recently
we found at last our family tree
we all look back in time to just one clan
and part of every new child born
is everyone who’s come before
our common link, the family of man
Chorus:
now here we are, the family of man
the daughters and sons of long lost friends
scattered round the world and back again
but still it’s we, the family of man
we’ll always be, the family of man