Ub40 - Sins Of The Father Lyrics
Once upon a timeAnd not so long agoWhen things were much more simpleAnd time would travel slowThere came a righteous strangerWith a bible in his handTo educate the sinnersAnd liberate their landCHORUSThe sins of the fathersAre visited from oldIn a never ending circleOf people bought & soldSo the wretched of the earthWill huddle from the coldAs the ship of fools goes sailingOn an ocean black as goldSo come & sit beside meAnd let my tale unfoldOf a land of milk & honeyWhere the truth must not be toldAs men of rhyme & reasonLet the devil take their soulFor greed & fame & fortuneAnd a river black as goldCHORUSAnd all the non-believersWere hiding from the lightAs a thousand burning crossesWere scattered in the nightThe thieves & the vagabondsWere sinking in the sandAs the righteous lord & masterStretches out a helping handCHORUSAnd those who had to sufferThe sick, the young, the oldWere sacrificed to fortuneAnd left out in the coldSo in this new arrangementThe leaders sold their soulFor bangles, beads & baublesAnd a river black as goldCHORUS
