River Still To Cross 歌词

It's not the thousand years of wanton waste Nor the desert sun that's burning Or a fire like no other That's gonna stop this world a-turning Not the ministers with wisdom Or the Unions with their might Oh they'll still be fighting Over who was wrong or right Nor the innocents amongst us Would be robbed of life and blood By the one who saw the tide Come turning back upon the flood There is a river still to cross And the only thing to say is It don't have to be that way There is a river still to cross And the bridges of tomorrow Are the troubles of today That are washed away It's not the captains nor the teachers Nor the prophets who command That everbody's party to this sick and savage land Where ignorance comes easy and the hardest thing to find Is a man born of a woman who is every bit as kind And when the first thing every newborn child does is to cry May it all be damned my friend, but you surely can't deny There is a river still to cross And the only thing to say is It don't have to be that way There is a river still to cross And the bridges of tomorrow Are the troubles of today So listen up you honest men And let you speak your mind If you cannot then neither can The next men down the line And you politicians of the day Who swear that it's all right Brace yourselves to face the fire Of a land you can't deny Well there'll be quaking and burning and undying yearning Consuming, accusing and crippling unneeded and weeping and leeding There is a river still to cross And the only thing to say is It don't have to be that way There is a river still to cross And the bridges of tomorrow Are the troubles of today There is a river still to cross And the bridges of tomorrow Are the troubles of today That are washed away