Bert Jansch

Anti-Apartheid
i listen to the words that whisper in my eari've heard the words of anger, i know the words of fearbut are whispered in the shadows, the only word of freedomanti-apartheid is all that i hearto separate the colours and break the rainbow signto ask the finest painter to draw a crooked linewill only slow the journey to here again another timeanti-apartheid is all that's on my mindi cannot bear to think of people cast asidei fail to see the reason why of colour you must hideand why of freedom can't you sing a song to change the rushing tideanti-apartheid is what you must decideanti-apartheid is what you must decidenow 50 years of science has brought us to the moonyet of 50 years of talking of freedom coming soonhas taught us nothing but to split and segregate a roomanti-apartheid is a hope of freedom soonSongtexteif men were of one colour how silly life would bea regimented army to work a factorythat produces daily a gift of boredom given freeanti-apartheid is what it's meant to be Aus Songtexte Mania