Come on, hop on, let’s take a ride Come and meet the travelers who came to town They have a tale from the past to tell From the great dark between the stars We are a special speck of dust A fleeting moment on an ark A celebration, A resthaven Of life Lay on a field of green With mother Eve With father pine reaching high Look at yourself in the eyes of aye-aye Unfolding rendezvous Deep into the past Follow the aeon path Greet a blade of grass Every endless form most beautiful Alive, aware, in awe Before the grandeur of it all Our floating pale blue ark Of endless forms most beautiful Beyond aeons we take a ride Welcoming the shrew that survived To see the Tiktaalik take her first walk Witness the birth of flight Deeper down in Panthalassa A eukaryote finds her way We return to the very first one Greet the one we’ll soon become
