The hammer forges binding chains The sickle draws blood from my veins I look off into distant skies All I see is the red they force into my eyes The pressure hastens my demise I’ve heard there’s so much more Calling me to freedom’s shore Should I entice such deadly fate
I crawl the ground in rabid flight Blazing eyes search through the night Razor wire of gleaming steel Ten thousand volts the coiled blades conceal I sense the dogs are on my heal Can’t tell my sweat from tears A shadowed figure laughs and rears his head Can be this the end
So many times when they have dreamed I’ve sat atop the eagle’s wings Across this land he flies so great and free And there a lovely lady stands She lights my way with torch in hand She stands for liberty - and the free
Beyond the wall I run for life Gunfire burning up the night I’ve got to make a hundred yards I know that they can only go so far The blood of freedom now pumps through my heart Sweet freedom up ahead I thought for sure I would be dead Instead I’m free
So many times when they have dreamed I’ve sat atop the eagle’s wings Across this land he flies so great and free And there a lovely lady stands She lights my way with torch in hand She stands for liberty - and the freeTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
