Sinead O'connor - Ship Ahoy Lyrics
A song by a band called "marxman" containingBackground vocals by sinead.-------------------------------------------------A thousand cultures stolen ships that came sailingSighted from the shoreline people stood waitingBut armies came invading and raiding to conquerUnderstood nothing of a land that stood longerBut might was much stronger than right could ever beTook away the land planned a new destinyButchery and murder and still i say murderButchery and murder and still i say murderWait! hold up cos phrase will break the mouldCulture growing stronger aging never oldDeath accelerating, and i don't want to dieFish hooked by a ship, lord take me where i lieGone where the lucky ones, disease or suicideThe pride of survivors to cry for those that diedTo resurrect the status and overcome the ployNo bells or beads to barter for this young black boyShip ahoyLord take me where i lie, don't let my children dieShip ahoyLord take me where i lie, don't let my children dieGone are the days now the ships cease to sailI don't think so what does a wage entailNine of five slavery or a twenty four sevenMost slaves tricked by the promise of a heavenControlled by the sound of a whip that goes sackMind - forged manacles make sure there's no slackThink your not a slave, cos no whip marks your backNow a bureaucrat wields the nine tails of the catAin't nothing changed but the weather the song remains the sameHollis comes left set up upon the lamebrainYou can't tame the beast, the beast can't be changedHave to smash the system, wisdom rearrangedSlavery claimed to be histories mysteryWished it could be....it's still part of weSearch and look around my birthplace is tornBut england has fallen dusk negates dawnShip ahoyLord take me where i lie, don't let my children dieShip ahoyLord take me where i lie, don't let my children dieShip ahoy, ship ahoy, now they call it perestroikaMandela's free but still can't stop the slaughterNow they call it free trade, free choice for allBut the real freedom is ten per cent smallFreedom is a song which the caged bird singsThey keep the key all we see is the keyringFooled by the glisten, but the glisten is not goldAnd i will not buy the beads that i'm soldI stand here stand clear truth be my witnessHow many hitlers before you see the litmusTest i won't rest, slave who won't behaveAnd no i want not the freedom of the slaveIf the east wants the beast let the beast roamCos in the east the death of the beast was sownYou can fool the people that they're equalBut you won't fool me with a sequelShip ahoyLord take me where i lie, don't let my children die.Ship ahoyLord take me where i lie, don't let my children die.Don't let my children dieDon't let my children dieLord take me where i lie, don't let my children die.Don't let my children dieChildrenDon't let my children dieChildrenDon't let my children dieChildrenEtc.....
