They say the
skies are living on and burning
Those mighty
Cedars bleeding in the heat
They're showing
bitches on the television
Women and
children dying in the street
And we're still at it in our own place
Still trying to
Reach the future through the past
Still trying to carve tomorrow from a tombstone
But hey, don't listen to me
This wasn't meant to be no sad song
We've had too much of that before
Right now I only wanna be here with you
When the morning dew
comes falling I wanna take you to the island
And trace your footprints in the sand
And in the evening when the sun's going down
We'll make love to the sound
of the ocean
They're raising banners over by the markets
Whitewashing
slogans on the shipyard walls
They're witch doctors praying for a mighty showdown
They say our
holy flag's not gonna
fall Up here we sacrifice our children to feed
The worn out dreams of yesterday
To teach that dying will lead us into glory
But hey, don't listen to me
This wasn't meant to be no sad song
We've had too much of that before
Right now I only wanna be here with you
When the morning dew comes falling I wanna take you to the island
And trace your footprints in the sand
And in the evening when the sun's going down
We'll make
love to the sound of the ocean
They say us plain folks don't get on the story
And there's peace and love just copping out
And those young boys dying in the ditches
Is just what
being free is all about
And this,
yeah this wreckage down on Main Street
Will bring us all together in the end
And we'll go marching down the road to freedom