Mother
doesn't know where love has gone
She says it must be youth
that keeps us feeling strong
I see it in a face
that's turned to ice
And when she smiles
she shows the lines
of sacri fice
And now I know what they're saying
as our sun begins to fade.
And we made our love on the wasteland
and through the barricades.
Your father made my history
He fought
for what he thought
would set us somehow free
He taught me what to
say in school
I've learned enough by heart,
but now that's torn in two
And now I know what they're saying
in the music of the parade
And we made our love on the wasteland
and through the bar
ricades
Born on different sides of life,
but we'd be the same
and feel all of the strife.
So come to me when
I'm asleep
We'll cross the lines
and dance upon the streets
And now I know what they're saying
As the drums begin to fade
We made our love on wasteland
and through the barricades
Oh, turn around and I'll be there
There's a scar right through my heart
but I'll bear it again
Oh, I thought we were the human race
We were just another borderline case
And the stars reach down and tell us
That there's al ways one escape
Oh, I don't know where
our love has gone
And in this troubled land,
desperation keeps us strong
A writer's chart is full of soul
With nothing left to lose,
there's everything to go
But now I know what they're saying
It's a terrible beauty we've made
So we make our love on
wasteland
And through the barricades
But now I know what they're saying
As our hearts go to their graves
We made our love on wasteland
We went through the barri cades
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