The Land of Liberty

Описание: “The Land of Liberty,” On the album The Love of the Land, 1989 Green Linnet Records). Click "more" for lyrics and details. Please click on Subscribe and Notifications to know when the next song is posted. And while you're here, give us a "Thumbs Up" so others will be more likely to find us -- it's an "algorithm" thing.

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From the album liner notes (The Love of the Land on Green Linnet Records):
Robbie O’Connell—Vocal and Guitar
Roxanne O’Connell—Harmony Vocal
Susie Gott—Fiddle
Seamus Egan—Whistle and Uilleann Pipes
Jimmy Keane—Synthesizer

Production Information:
Recorded at Wellspring Sound Studio, 960 Beacon Street, Newton, Massachusetts
Engineer, Eric Kilburn • Additional engineering, Cyril Lance
Produced by Robbie O’Connell

THE LAND OF LIBERTY
© Robbie O’Connell 1986 Slievenamon Music (BMI)

Lyrics:

It's been more than seven years now, since he left his native home
It wasn't easy just to turn his back on all he'd ever known.
But he'd burned all his bridges, there was nowhere left to turn,
The only choice remaining was to leave the fire or burn.

Chorus:
Oh it's strange, the way he feels
Oh it's strange, the way he feels
For he's caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
Living like a prisoner in the land of liberty.

Now he can only do the work that no one else will do
And they say that it's illegal, that he never paid his dues.
But they like to have cheap labor, so they look the other way
To feed and clothe his family, he works sixteen hours a day.

Sometimes they ask him why he won't go back to his own land
But he won't talk about it, he says they wouldn't understand.
For no matter where or when, there comes a time for every man,
When he must do what must be done, and the consequence be damned.