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[with the Nelson Mandela's statement from the dock at the opening of the defence case in the Rivonia Trial (1964) "I am prepared to die"]
LYRICS:
I heard a voice in the southern wind
I was told of precious stones buried here.
Cobalt in the sky, diamonds in the light,
Emeralds on trees and rubies on the leaves.
I heard a touching voice in the southern wind
I was told of boundless lands with no kings
Stains of gold on fields, scratched by sapphire water streams
Amber little villages, where life keeps movin’ and time stands still.
One day a frail voice in the southern wind starts to cry
For the bloody lash of foreign and greedy men, greedy men
Quartz on the skin, steel in the hands,
Pale kings of these lands.
There is no voice in the southern wind
Scattered rooftops in the sand between the skinny trees.
Flames in the sky, smokes darken the light,
Charcoal on the trees and ebony on the golden fields.
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Title Southern Wind
[with the Nelson Mandela's statement from the dock at the opening of the defence case in the Rivonia Trial (1964) "I am prepared to die"]
LYRICS:
I heard a voice in the southern wind
I was told of precious stones buried here.
Cobalt in the sky, diamonds in the light,
Emeralds on trees and rubies on the leaves.
I heard a touching voice in the southern wind
I was told of boundless lands with no kings
Stains of gold on fields, scratched by sapphire water streams
Amber little villages, where life keeps movin’ and time stands still.
One day a frail voice in the southern wind starts to cry
For the bloody lash of foreign and greedy men, greedy men
Quartz on the skin, steel in the hands,
Pale kings of these lands.
There is no voice in the southern wind
Scattered rooftops in the sand between the skinny trees.
Flames in the sky, smokes darken the light,
Charcoal on the trees and ebony on the golden fields.
Work type Music
Tags black, africa, exploitation
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Identifier 1704271915825
Entry date Apr 27, 2017, 1:06 PM UTC
License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0
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Author. Holder Marco Cocciatelli. Date Apr 27, 2017.
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