Slave Songtext / Lyric

Slave

music by Elton John . lyrics by Bernie Taupin
album Honky Chateau 1972


there's a river running sweat right through our land, through our land
driven by a man with his 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 whore house to the ground, to the ground

slave
oh slave
to fight the violence
we must be brave
hold on strong to the love God gave
slave

there's a rumour of a war that's yet to come, yet to come
we may free our families, free our families and our sons, and our sons
it may lay green lands to barren waste, oh to waste, oh to waste
oh the price of release is a bitter blow to face, oh to face

slave
oh slave
to fight the violence
we must be brave
hold on strong to the love God gave
slave