Chatting Through Steel

Album: The Confluence (2021)
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  • A day trip down to the border
    Vs a desperate crawl across desert plains
    And who's eyes would still be watching while the world did go insane?

    Walls erect where we divide
    Till kingdom come, we will not rise
    To free a child stuck in a cage or count the losses in our wage

    Oh tell me, friend, why do you cry?
    Don't you miss home? Well so do I!
    This ain't the place for you to grow
    These ain't the jobs that you were owed

    How I want to settle down
    Can't your new king afford his crown?
    I never felt that I was owed
    If I wanted to leave then I'd just go

    Ice did fall under Cali heat
    And while the rich men sang poor men weep
    Slowly watching willows die
    In the midnight hour on the bustling' street
    Standing on her corner; torn dress, bare feet
    How much choice do you really have?

    ¿Por qué lloras mi amor?
    ¿No tienes fe en tu señor?
    Y tu padre, ¿a dónde se fue?
    Where has he gone? Where will you stay?

    How I want to settle down
    Can't your new king afford his crown?
    I never felt that I was owed
    If I wanted to leave then I'd just go

    Well, look at you just standing there
    Knapsack filled with your worldly cares
    And did you pack a dream or two?
    If we turn you down, what will you do?

    How I want to settle down
    Can't your new king afford his crown?
    I never felt that I was owed
    And if I wanted to leave then I'd just go
    I wasn't looking here for free
    My blood and sweat will pay for me
    I wasn't looking here for free
    My blood and sweat will pay for me

    Pay for me
    God pays for me Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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