Gather 'Round The Stone

Ben Harper · Both Sides of the Gun [2006]

Hey, hey, hey gather 'round the stone

Hey, hey, hey gather 'round the stone



You're too young to know

That you're too young to go

There's no freedom to be found

Lying face up on the ground



Hey, hey, hey gather 'round the stone

Hey, hey, hey gather 'round the stone



Ashes from an unfinished life

Are all that's left

In a teardrop shaped locket

Hanging from his mother's chest



Hey, hey, hey gather 'round the stone

Hey, hey, hey gather 'round the stone



You whip the back of freedom

'Til it bleeds and oil stream

Then you settle down upon it

Your killing machine



Hey, hey, hey gather 'round the stone

Hey, hey, hey gather 'round the stone



Old men who send children

Off to die in vain

They will hear death's constant whisper

Or remember my name



Hey, hey, hey gather 'round the stone

Hey, hey, hey gather 'round the stone

Hey, hey, hey gather 'round the stone

Hey, hey, hey gather 'round the stone

Hey, hey, hey gather 'round the stone