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Martyn Joseph
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The Luxury of Despair
The translucent light of another pre dawn Squints her eyes and prepares to walk on From Hebron's stone to Nazareth's hill There's hope in the eyes of the hopeless still
Some walls fall that come from love All walls fall that come from hate Poking and pushing to make folk bite Houses torn down by the military might People want to live people want to roam People want to dream people need a home But rage in the eye won't let in light Love makes a better job of the fight
As the sun rises in my children's eyes I don't have the luxury, the luxury of despair As the night rips stars across this ancient sky I don't have the luxury, the luxury of despair
See through the eyes of a blameless child Suffer they do to come to you There's a bike in the road where it shouldn't be A twelve year old taken into custody Scared and scarred and stripped of rights What the eyes don't see the mind can't fight You just don't do that but you just do Sometimes I want to Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com
As the sun rises in my children's eyes I don't have the luxury, the luxury of despair As the night rips stars across this ancient sky I don't have the luxury, the luxury of despair
Let's sit together in that sacred place I won't grace you with the passion of fear and dread Just look me in the eye and see my heart I'll look you in the eye and see your heart Just look me in the eye and see my heart Plant trees of life and bury the dead
And if the cockerel crowed what would I deny? I'd hope any tyranny that me my eye Or the right of domain over the mind of a man And the lie that we cannot be equal or free For this wall's divide has another side and a deep blue sea That was made for you and me
As the sun rises in my children's eyes I don't have the luxury, the luxury of despair As the night rips stars across this ancient sky I don't have the luxury, the luxury of despair
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