No Easy Walk To Freedom

I've seen a thousand people kneel in silence
And i've seen them face the rifles with their songs
I always thought that we could end the killing
But now i live in fear that i was wrong

The killer and the cynic waltz together
Their eyes are turned into their skulls
They do not feel the bullets in the bodies
They do not hear the dolphins or the gulls

If we do these things in the greenwood,
What will happen in the dry?

If we don't stop there'll come a time when women
With barren wombs will bitterly rejoice
With breasts that dry and never fill with promise
Gladly they'll not suckle one more life

Is this then the whimper and the ending?
The impotence of people raised on fear,
A fear that blinds the sense of common oneness
Common love and life or death are here

If we do these things in the greenwood,
What will happen in the dry?

Will no one light the candle in the darkness
Will no one be my guide, not let me fall
I've lost the sense that tells me where the path is
I feel the chill of winter in my soul

There's no way i can say the words more plainly
There's no one left to point at anymore
It's you and me and we must make the choice now
And not destroy the life we're living for

If we do these things in the greenwood,
What will happen in the dry?
If we do these things in the greenwood,
What will happen in the dry?

When the whale get strike and the line runs out
And the whale makes a flunder with its tail
And the boat capsized and i lost my darlin' man
No more, no more greenland for you, brave boys
No more, no more greenland for you

Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty three,
On june the thirteenth day
That our gallant ship her anchor weighed
And for greenland sailed away, brave boys,
And for greenland sailed away.

The lookout on the crosstree stood
With a spyglass in his hand
There's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whalefish, he cried
And she blows at every span, brave boys
She blows at every span!

Well we struck that whale and the line played out
But she gave a flunder with her tail
And the boat capsized and four men were drowned
And we never caught that whale,
We never caught that whale.

Oh, to lose that whale, my captain cried,
It grieves my heart full sore
But to lose four of my gallant men
It grieves me ten times more, brave boys,
It grieves me ten times more!

Oh, greenland is a dreadful place
It's a land that's never green
Where there's ice and snow and the whalefishes blow
And daylight's seldom seen, brave boys
And daylight's seldom seen

When the whale gets strike, and the line runs out
And the whale makes a flunder with its tail
And the boat capsized and i lost my darlin' man
No more, no more greenland for you, brave boys.
No more, no more greenland for you.

Saturday summers, when i was a kid
We'd run to the schoolyard and here's what we did
We'd pick out the captains and we'd choose up the teams
It was always a measure of my self esteem
Cuz the fastest, the strongest, played shortstop and first
The last ones they picked were the worst
I never needed to ask, it was sealed,
I just took up my place in right field.
Playing...

Chorus:
Right field, it's easy, you know.
You can be awkward and you can be slow
That's why i'm here in right field
Just watching the dandelions grow

Playing right field can be lonely and dull
Little leagues never have lefties that pull
I'd dream of the day they'd hit one my way
They never did, but still i would pray
That i'd make a fantastic catch on the run
And not lose the ball in the sun
And then i'd awake from this long reverie
And pray that the ball never came out to me
Here in...

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Off in the distance, the game's dragging on,
There's strikes on the batter, some runners are on.
I don't know the inning, i've forgotten the score.
The whole team is yelling and i don't know what for.
Then suddenly everyone's looking at me
My mind has been wandering; what could it be?
They point at the sky and i look up above
And a baseball falls into my glove!

Here in right field, it's important you know.
You gotta know how to catch, you gotta know how to throw,
That's why i'm here in right field, just watching the dandelions grow!

Ocean breeze, rum on ice, lazy days and party nights
Here i am in paradise, i'd rather be in love.
Golden sun, silver sand, careless touch of a stranger's hand
I'll be rested, i'll be tanned, i'd rather be in love

I've had more fun on one rainy night
When you were there to call my name and hold me tight
Than a lifetime in this coastal scene
Just wishing you were here with me

Miles and miles, clear blue skies, not a cloud in paradise
Except the ones here in my eyes, i'd rather be in love

I remember those winter storms
When you were all i needed to keep me warm
Now those summer winds, they blow so cold
Make me wish i'd you here to hold

Ocean breeze, rum on ice, lazy days and party nights
I've had enough of paradise. i'd rather be in love.
Oh, i'd rather be in love.

Light one candle for the maccabee children
With thanks that their light didn't die
Light one candle for the pain they endured
When their right to exist was denied
Light one candle for the terrible sacrifice
Justice and freedom demand
But light one candle for the wisdom to know
When the peacemaker's time is at hand

Chorus:
Don't let the light go out!
It's lasted for so many years!
Don't let the light go out!
Let it shine through our love and our tears.

Light one candle for the strength that we need
To never become our own foe
And light one candle for those who are suffering
Pain we learned so long ago
Light one candle for all we believe in
That anger not tear us apart
And light one candle to find us together
With peace as the song in our hearts

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What is the memory that's valued so highly
That we keep it alive in that flame?
What's the commitment to those who have died
That we cry out they've not died in vain?
We have come this far always believing
That justice would somehow prevail
This is the burden, this is the promise
This is why we will not fail!

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Don't let the light go out!
Don't let the light go out!
Don't let the light go out!