The Boy From The Plantation

Album: Even in Exile (2020)
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  • 2. THE BOY FROM THE PLANTATION
    (BradfieldJones)

    I knew when I cradled you
    That you were gonna shine
    As your hand held so tightly
    Forever I thought onto mine
    When you'd cry I'd wrap you in a blanket
    And sing you my songs
    All I knew to right the wrongs
    As we held onto love
    As we held onto love

    Victor Lidio Jara Martinez
    The boy from the plantation they could not repress
    Who strummed and sung to dreams and injustice
    Victor Lidio Jara Martinez

    I descended into hell
    When I lost your smile
    But I was always there
    Even in exile
    In the cadence of the wind
    Its throat in your strings
    Its lungs upon your tongue
    Rivers of us join and run
    They join and run

    Victor Lidio Jara Martinez
    The boy from the plantation they could not repress
    Who strummed and sung to dreams and injustice
    Victor Lidio Jara Martinez Writer/s: JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD, PATRICK JONES
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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