Elton John - Slave lyrics

There's a river running sweat
Right through our land, through our land
Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand
In his hand
And I've taken just as much as I can stand
I can stand
Oh, we've got to free our brothers from
Their shackles, yeah, if we can, if we can

Most nights I have to watch my woman cry, oh
She cries
Every day I watch the colonel smile, oh
He smiles
His painted ladies riding in from town
In from town oh, I swear one day I'm gonna
Burn the whorehouse to the ground
To the ground

Slave, slave
To fight the violence we must be brave
Hold on strong to the love God gave slave

There's a rumor of a war that's yet to come
Yet to come that may free our families, free
Our families and our sons, and our sons
It may lay green lands to
Barren waste, all to waste, all to waste
Oh, the price of release is a
Bitter blow to face, oh, to face

Slave, slave
To fight the violence we must be brave
Hold on strong to the love God gave slave

Slave, oh, slave
To fight the violence we must be brave
Hold on strong to the love God gave
Slave, slave
To fight the violence we must be brave
Hold on strong to the love God gave slave

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