Killing Joke - Goodbye To The Village Lyrics
The land the strangers movedThe shouts i felt withinNew panoramas seenI loved it as it wasForests of pylons built,the scaffolding is raisedAnd how the men pursued thier workThey act convinced of freedomCrossed over by the bridgeThe brook was running illWe recognised the place,places we knew as childrenWe wept upon the sight,and progress tore our heartsFences divide the lands,homes boxed like rabbit hutchesGoodbye to the VillageWhere soil will not provide, no king and land are oneMonopolise the holy ground, all that we hold as sacredNo harvest moon shall riseNo valley homestead sceneAnd now the cities never end, and how the cities stretch foreverAnd in the morning promise me great times will come againAnd the homelands in our hearts will never fade awayLet the legends promise me the earth shall rise againAnd homelands in the hearts of men shall never fade awayGoodbye to the villageI'll never never see my homeYou'll never never see your home