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Roots - Single Mix
Now it's been 25 years or more I've roamed this land from shore to shore From Tyne to Tamar, Severn to Thames From moor to vale, from peak to fen
Played in cafes, pubs and bars I've stood in the street with my own guitar But I'd be richer than all the rest If I had a pound for each request
For 'Duelling Banjos', 'American Pie' It's enough to make you cry 'Rule Britannia', or 'Swing low...' Are they the only songs we English know?
Seed, bark, flower, fruit They're never gonna grow without their roots Branch, stem, shoot They need roots
After the speeches, when the cake's been cut The disco's over and the bar is shut At christening, birthday, wedding or wake What can we sing until the morning breaks
When the Indians, Asians, Afro-Celts It's in their blood, below the belt They're playing and dancing all night long So what've they got right that we've got wrong?
Seed, bark, flower, fruit They're never gonna grow without their roots Branch, stem, shoot They need roots and
更多更詳盡歌詞 在 ※ Mojim.com 魔鏡歌詞網 Haul away boys, let them go Out in the wind and the rain and snow We've lost more than we'll ever know 'Round the rocky shores of England We need roots
And a minister said his vision of hell Is three folk singers in a pub near Wells Well, I've got a vision of urban sprawl It's pubs where no-one ever sings at all
And everyone stares at a great big screen Overpaid soccer stars, prancing teens Australian soap, American rap Estuary English, baseball caps
And we learn be ashamed of all we walk Of the way we look, at the way we talk Without our stories or our songs
How will we know where we come from? I've lost St. George in the Union Jack That's my flag too and I want it back
Seed, bark, flower, fruit Never gonna grow without their roots Branch, stem, shoot We need roots and
Haul away boys, let them go Out in the wind and the rain and snow We've lost more than we'll ever know 'Round the rocky shores of England
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