Song Of The Dispossessed

<br>the river is deep and the road is long,<br>daylight comes and I want to go home.<br>awoke this morning<br>to find my people`s tongues were tied<br>and in my dreams<br>they were given books to poison their minds.<br>the river is deep and the mountain high,<br>how long before the other side.<br>we are their mortar,<br>their building bricks and their clay.<br>their gold teeth mirror<br>both our joys and our pain.<br>the river is deep and the ocean wide,<br>who will teach us how to read the signs.<br>the earth is our mother<br>she taught us to embrace the light,<br>now the lord is master<br>she suffers an eternal night.<br>you blocked up my ears,<br>you plucked out my eyes,<br>you cut out my tongue,<br>you fed me with lies,<br>oh lord.<br>{brendan perry}