The river is deep and the road is long,
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Daylight comes and I want to go home.
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Awoke this morning
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To find my people's tongues were tied
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And in my dreams
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They were given books to poison their minds.
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The river is deep and the mountain high,
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How long before the other side.
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We are their mortar,
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Their building bricks and their clay.
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Their gold teeth mirror
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Both our joys and our pain.
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The river is deep and the ocean wide,
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Who will teach us how to read the signs.
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The earth is our mother
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She taught us to embrace the light,
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Now the lord is master
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She suffers an eternal night.
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You blocked up my ears,
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You plucked out my eyes,
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You cut out my tongue,
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You fed me with lies,
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Oh lord.
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Song Of The Dispossessed
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| Dead Can Dance |
