Slave

Album: Honky Chateau (1972)
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  • 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 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 whore house 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 wastes, all the waste, all the waste
    Oh the price of release is a bitter blow to face, ah 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 Writer/s: Bernie Taupin, Elton John
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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