the river is deep and the road is long
daylight comes and i want to go home
awoke this morning
to find my people's tongues were tied
and in my dreams
they were given books to poison their minds
the river is deep and the mountain high
how long before the other side
we are their mortar
their building bricks and their clay
their gold teeth mirror
both our joys and our pain
the river is deep and the ocean wide
who will teach us how to read the signs
the earth is our mother
she taught us to embrace the light
now the lord is master
she suffers an eternal night
you blocked up my ears
you plucked out my eye,
you cut out my tongue
you fed me with lies
oh lord
