Trail Of Tears

Intro all in (x2) In a land without any pity And a sun scorching from the sky In the desert, they built a city Sharp as flint that could make you cry Hold on to it Hold on to it It’s a dream that will never die Come there with me Come there with me It’s the home of my own mind’s eye But the dreamer was never welcome Other lands have their own demands Get away boy, you don’t belong here That’s our law and it always stands Hold on to it Hold on to it It’s a dream that will make you cry Come there with me Come there with me And they’ll let us in by and by I will meet you when things are better In a world without any fear We’ll be facing our bright tomorrow At the end of this trail of tears x2 They asked our dreamer for reams of paper These were the keys that he didn’t own They pointed back to the land he came from Said: “Go back there, son ‘cos that’s your home” Go back to it Go back to it No future, no life, no hope Come there with me Come there with me And you’ll see why I can’t go home I will meet you when things are better In a world without any fear We’ll be facing our bright tomorrow At the end of this trail of tears And the trail goes on On and on For years and years The trail drags on Never ending Trail of tears x2 So, the dreamer turns from the city But he asks them before he leaves: “Who checked your papers to build this country? Who gave permission for you and not me?” Think back on it Think back on it Land is the land and it was always free Before you Before you No one had papers, they would simply “be” I will meet you when things are better In a world without any fear We’ll be facing our bright tomorrow At the end of this trail of tears I will meet you when things are better In a world without any fear We’ll be facing our bright tomorrow At the end of this trail of tears x4