Song | No Rope As Long As Time |
Artist | Latin Quarter |
Album | Modern Times |
Download | Image LRC TXT |
作曲 : Skaith | |
Old Afrikaner farmer on the terrace of his home | |
Sits gently in his rocking chair, gazing at this land he owns. | |
There he sees his memories and there his past | |
There he smiles his grim smile, strokes his gun, swears he'll make it last. | |
Someone brings the whisky, someone serves the meal | |
Like the someone in the township, in the mine and in the fields. | |
Someone at the graveyard, someone with their tears | |
Someone who can't forget the freedom lost these 100 years. | |
Old man, you can boost about the gun that's by your bed | |
Old man, you can tell me how you're good for all your kaffirs yet | |
And your guns can fire, and your prisons fill | |
And you've yards of rope for hanging still | |
But your guns can shoot and never hit the sky | |
And there's no rope as long as time. | |
Mandela in the prison, Biko in the ground | |
Sharpeville and Soweto voices silenced till the end of time. | |
Freedom don't come easy, don't come bloodless, don't come fast | |
But in the hearts of the countless people | |
No pass law's gonna stop us pass. | |
Sometimes he'll talk of reasons, economy and cause | |
Sometimes he'll even talk of changes | |
Though he clasps the gun and talks of laws. | |
But power ain't this old man's gift | |
And freedom's no reform | |
The old man made the history and the history's made of wars. |
zuo qu : Skaith | |
Old Afrikaner farmer on the terrace of his home | |
Sits gently in his rocking chair, gazing at this land he owns. | |
There he sees his memories and there his past | |
There he smiles his grim smile, strokes his gun, swears he' ll make it last. | |
Someone brings the whisky, someone serves the meal | |
Like the someone in the township, in the mine and in the fields. | |
Someone at the graveyard, someone with their tears | |
Someone who can' t forget the freedom lost these 100 years. | |
Old man, you can boost about the gun that' s by your bed | |
Old man, you can tell me how you' re good for all your kaffirs yet | |
And your guns can fire, and your prisons fill | |
And you' ve yards of rope for hanging still | |
But your guns can shoot and never hit the sky | |
And there' s no rope as long as time. | |
Mandela in the prison, Biko in the ground | |
Sharpeville and Soweto voices silenced till the end of time. | |
Freedom don' t come easy, don' t come bloodless, don' t come fast | |
But in the hearts of the countless people | |
No pass law' s gonna stop us pass. | |
Sometimes he' ll talk of reasons, economy and cause | |
Sometimes he' ll even talk of changes | |
Though he clasps the gun and talks of laws. | |
But power ain' t this old man' s gift | |
And freedom' s no reform | |
The old man made the history and the history' s made of wars. |
zuò qǔ : Skaith | |
Old Afrikaner farmer on the terrace of his home | |
Sits gently in his rocking chair, gazing at this land he owns. | |
There he sees his memories and there his past | |
There he smiles his grim smile, strokes his gun, swears he' ll make it last. | |
Someone brings the whisky, someone serves the meal | |
Like the someone in the township, in the mine and in the fields. | |
Someone at the graveyard, someone with their tears | |
Someone who can' t forget the freedom lost these 100 years. | |
Old man, you can boost about the gun that' s by your bed | |
Old man, you can tell me how you' re good for all your kaffirs yet | |
And your guns can fire, and your prisons fill | |
And you' ve yards of rope for hanging still | |
But your guns can shoot and never hit the sky | |
And there' s no rope as long as time. | |
Mandela in the prison, Biko in the ground | |
Sharpeville and Soweto voices silenced till the end of time. | |
Freedom don' t come easy, don' t come bloodless, don' t come fast | |
But in the hearts of the countless people | |
No pass law' s gonna stop us pass. | |
Sometimes he' ll talk of reasons, economy and cause | |
Sometimes he' ll even talk of changes | |
Though he clasps the gun and talks of laws. | |
But power ain' t this old man' s gift | |
And freedom' s no reform | |
The old man made the history and the history' s made of wars. |