Down On Our Shield

Album: Women + Country (2010)
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  • Oh, it's a struggle, it's a scream

    It's all give and no take

    Whatever it is, now

    It's right up to our waist

    Oh, it's a pity it's a shame

    To see it all slip away

    I've seen your way, babe

    But never this way

    We hold our ground

    We don't kneel

    If we go down, we go

    Down on our own shield

    Oh, it's a river of tears

    And we're in over our ears

    In the darkened rise

    Often with our better years

    It's a bottomless well

    It's a little overkill

    It's the end of a dragon's tail

    That's whipping around our ears

    But we don't bow

    We make no deals

    And we go down, we go

    Down on our own shield

    In this corner ladies and gentlemen

    Awaiting all alone

    My love for her is strong

    We scaled through this

    To be here tonight

    It's not the kind of trick

    That you get to pull twice

    Oh, it's an ambush, girl

    It's a cold bloody

    And low down, dirty word

    See them yellow lanterns walk

    A circle around our bitter verve

    Oh, it's a term force

    It's often with their heads

    They don't learn

    We do this over the dead bodies

    Before it's over, mine or yours

    We don't beg for mercy deals

    We go down, we go

    Down on our own shield

    Down we go

    Down on our own shield

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