Ferron - It Won't Take Long lyrics

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They said some men would be warriors and some men would be kings<br />

And some men would be owners of land and other man-made things<br />

And false love as the eternal flame would move some to think in rings<br />

And gold would be our power and other foolish things<br />

But you who dream of liberty must not yourselves be fooled<br />

Before you get to plea for freedom, you've agreed to being ruled<br />

If the body stays a shackle then the mind remains a chain<br />

That'll link you to a destiny whereby all good souls are slain<br />

And it won't take long, it won't take too long at all<br />

It won't take long, and you may say<br />

"What has that got to do with me" and I say,<br />

"You mean to tell me that's all?"<br />

Of three men in a desert wandering, one is knowing and two are scared<br />

They say time is in the river, but the river is not there<br />

Dry in spirit dry in body two will lend themselves to death<br />

And in grief one weeps into his hands and drinks his bitter tears<br />

'Cause it don't take long, it don't take too long at all<br />

It don't take long, and you may say,<br />

"I don't know what you're talking about," and I say<br />

"You mean to tell me that's all?"<br />

And as I stand before you now, I am hopeful in my rage<br />

You know love has finally called for me, I will not wilt upon it's stage<br />

But still smaller than my nightmare now do I print upon the page<br />

Do we have to live inside it's walls to identify the cage?<br />

'Cause it takes so long, why does it take so long,<br />

But it takes so long, and you may say,<br />

"I don't really care what you're talking about," and I say,<br />

"Are you trying to say you don't belong?"<br />

I am my mother's daughter, but I have seen myself in you<br />

It's this blessing that I follow now, and so I must speak true<br />

I dreamed of thousands dying, it was you and you and you,<br />

And while the city sleeps so quietly there is something we must do<br />

And it won't take long, it won't take too long at all,<br />

It won't take long, and you may say,<br />

"I don't know if I wanna know what you're getting at,"<br />

And it makes we wanna say, "So long."<br />

Because grief will come in measures, only grief alone will know<br />

And you'll see it on your family, on your own face it will grow<br />

And they'll try to keep you hungry, then they'll tell you to eat snow<br />

You know pride can be a moving thing if we learn the strength of "NO!"<br />

And it won't take long, it won't take too long at all,<br />

It won't take long, and you may say,<br />

"I don't think this has anything to do with me,"<br />

"But did you ever think you could be wrong?"<br />

At noon on one day coming, human strength will fill the streets<br />

Of every city on our planet, hear the sound of angry feet<br />

With business freezed up in the harbour, the kings will pull upon their<br />

Hair<br />

And the banks will shudder to a halt, and the artists will be there<br />

'Cause it won't take long, it won't take too long at all,<br />

It won't take long, and you may say,<br />

"I don't think I can be a part of that," and it makes me want to say,<br />

"Don't you want to see yourself that strong?"<br />

Division between the peoples will disappear that honoured day<br />

And though oceans lie between us, lifted candles light the way<br />

Half will join their hands by moonlight, the rest under a rising sun<br />

As underneath the sun and moon, a ritual'd wailing has begun<br />

And it won't take long, it won't take too long at all,<br />

It won't take long, and you may say,<br />

"I don't know how to be a part of what you're talking about," and it makes<br />

Me want to say, "Come on!"<br />

And beware you sagging diplomats, for you will not hear one gun<br />

And though our homes be torn and ransacked we will not be undone<br />

For as we let ourselves be bought, we're going to let ourselves be free<br />

And if you think we stand alone, look again and you will see:<br />

We are children in the rafters, we are babies in the park,<br />

We are lovers at the movies, we are candles in the dark,<br />

We are changes in the weather, we are snowflakes in July,<br />

We are women grown together, we are men who easily cry,<br />

We are words not quickly spoken, we're the deeper side of try,<br />

We are dreamers in the making, we are not afraid of "Why?"