Sins Of The Fathers

Once upon a time, not so long ago



When things were much much simple,



And time would travel slow.



There came a righteous stranger,



With a bible in his hand.



To educate the sinners



And liberate the land.



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Sins of the fathers



Today from old



In a never ending circle



Of people bought and sold



So the wretched of the earth



Would huddle from the cold



As a ship of fools go sailing



On an ocean black as gold



So come and sit beside me



And let my tale unfold



In a land on milk and honey



Where the truth must not be told



As men of right and reason



Let the devil take their soul



For greed and fame and fortune



And a river black as gold



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And all the non believers



Where hiding from the light



As a thousand burning crosses



Were scattered in the night.



The theives and the vagabonds



Were sinking in the sand



As a righteous lord and master



Stretches out a helping hand.



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And those who had to suffer



The sick the young the old



Where sacrifice to fortune



And left out in the cold



So with this new arrangement



The leaders sold their souls



For bangles, beads and baubles



And a river black as gold



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