You sailed
across the ocean and they waited on the sand
Waiting for the chance to find them
Were you gods or were you man?
Persuaded oh so quickly by
religion and the gun
Generations bought and sold,
we're growing old
But you're not done
Emancipation is the word that turns
black skin into black gold
The rules have changed
but you're the same
And still the story isn't told
And
I, da -da -da -da, love you so,
although, although
And
I, da -da -da -da, love you so,
although, although
Although, you never know
If you travel
to another land
And claim it for yourself
Then soon the debt you have to pay
And you can blame no one else
And all the children that you bore
Will soon return to you
And that's the day I'll hear you say
Britannia's not so cool
And so today the new crusade is
forming that ought to burn
Funny how it turns around
Funny how we never
seem to learn
And
I, da da da da, love you so,
although, although
And
I, da da da da, love you so,
although, although, although
You never know
Now you can see them on the horizon
Look ing closely you can see their
hopes and dream s
If only you could stop
them arriving
What a world your world would be
So white and clean and free from misery
Now you can see them
on the horizon
Looking closely you can see
their hopes and
And
I, da -da -da -da, love you so,
although, although
And
I, da -da -da -da, love you so,
although,
Although, although