The Old Ceremony - "Poison Pen"

Описание: From The Old Ceremony's 2006 album, "Our One Mistake" (Alyosha/sonaBLAST records)

Lyrics:
Well we needed some help tearing down these trees
Our numbers were few
Withered down by disease
We sent messengers home
we begged on our knees that winter
And soon ships arrived to Charleston Bay
Savages sold to those who could pay
To carry our loads
To work night and day

And the laws of this world
Were not handed down to men
They were written by our own hands
They were written by our own hands
with a poison pen

All the amber waves of grain
The forests proud, the dusty plains
Bow down before the mighty trains of iron
All the words are recast but the meaning's the same
Those who walk proudly will someday be lame
And all that is wild will someday be tame

And the laws of this world
Were not handed down to men
They were written by our own hands
They were written by our own hands
with a poison pen

We hold these truths so near to our hearts
We wave them like flags when trouble starts
We deal them out like a stacked deck of cards to the hungry
That all men are free
All men are wise
All men except the ones we despise
The ones who must beg and steal to survive

And the laws of this world
Were not handed down to men
They were written by our own hands
They were written by our own hands
with a poison pen

Lyrics by Django Haskins (c)(p)2006 djangofish music, BMI/pubBLAST, BMI)

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