Ferron - It Won't Take Long Lyrics
They said some men would be warriors and some men would be kingsAnd some men would be owners of land and other man-made thingsAnd false love as the eternal flame would move some to think in ringsAnd gold would be our power and other foolish thingsBut you who dream of liberty must not yourselves be fooledBefore you get to plea for freedom, you've agreed to being ruledIf the body stays a shackle then the mind remains a chainThat'll link you to a destiny whereby all good souls are slainAnd it won't take long, it won't take too long at allIt won't take long, and you may say"What has that got to do with me" and I say,"You mean to tell me that's all?"Of three men in a desert wandering, one is knowing and two are scaredThey say time is in the river, but the river is not thereDry in spirit dry in body two will lend themselves to deathAnd in grief one weeps into his hands and drinks his bitter tears'Cause it don't take long, it don't take too long at allIt don't take long, and you may say,"I don't know what you're talking about," and I say"You mean to tell me that's all?"And as I stand before you now, I am hopeful in my rageYou know love has finally called for me, I will not wilt upon its stageBut still smaller than my nightmare now do I print upon the pageDo we have to live inside its walls to identify the cage?'Cause it takes so long, why does it take so long,But it takes so long, and you may say,"I don't really care what you're talking about," and I say,"Are you trying to say you don't belong?"I am my mother's daughter, but I have seen myself in youIt's this blessing that I follow now, and so I must speak trueI dreamed of thousands dying, it was you and you and you,And while the city sleeps so quietly there is something we must doAnd it won't take long, it won't take too long at all,It won't take long, and you may say,"I don't know if I wanna know what you're getting at,"And it makes we wanna say, "So long."Because grief will come in measures, only grief alone will knowAnd you'll see it on your family, on your own face it will growAnd they'll try to keep you hungry, then they'll tell you to eat snowYou know pride can be a moving thing if we learn the strength of "NO!"And it won't take long, it won't take too long at all,It won't take long, and you may say,"I don't think this has anything to do with me,""But did you ever think you could be wrong?"At noon on one day coming, human strength will fill the streetsOf every city on our planet, hear the sound of angry feetWith business freezed up in the harbour, the kings will pull upon theirhairAnd the banks will shudder to a halt, and the artists will be there'Cause it won't take long, it won't take too long at all,It won't take long, and you may say,"I don't think I can be a part of that," and it makes me want to say,"Don't you want to see yourself that strong?"Division between the peoples will disappear that honoured dayAnd though oceans lie between us, lifted candles light the wayHalf will join their hands by moonlight, the rest under a rising sunAs underneath the sun and moon, a ritual'd wailing has begunAnd it won't take long, it won't take too long at all,It won't take long, and you may say,"I don't know how to be a part of what you're talking about," and it makesme want to say, "Come on!"And beware you sagging diplomats, for you will not hear one gunAnd though our homes be torn and ransacked we will not be undoneFor as we let ourselves be bought, we're going to let ourselves be freeAnd if you think we stand alone, look again and you will see:We are children in the rafters, we are babies in the park,We are lovers at the movies, we are candles in the dark,We are changes in the weather, we are snowflakes in July,We are women grown together, we are men who easily cry,We are words not quickly spoken, we're the deeper side of try,We are dreamers in the making, we are not afraid of "Why
