Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Ca Ira: Opera in Three Acts: The Grievances of the People, artist - Roger Waters. Date of issue: 05.04.2009
Song language: English
Ca Ira: Opera in Three Acts: The Grievances of the People |
| RINGMASTER |
| The sparrow, bedraggled, looks up through the rain |
| And dreams of a little more grain |
| The peacock, plump in his place in the sun |
| Ignores the sound of the distant guns |
| Their thunder falls upon deaf ears |
| The peacock never sniffs the air |
| He fails to see that a starvation diet brings |
| The scent of riot on the breeze |
| The King; |
| The State; |
| La France |
| Each of the above must with regret cut off all payment |
| The cupboard is bare |
| The State of France lies in disrepair |
| REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST |
| The Bishops hide the grain; |
| to the attics it’s sent |
| If everyone is hungry, tell me, who can be content? |
| SOLO BOY |
| Altogether now! |
| CHILDREN’S CHORUS |
| We hand out pamphlets, we join a club |
| We shout out slogans that we make up |
| We thumb our noses, at those above |
| We hand out pamphlets, we join a club |
| TROUBLEMAKER |
| We join a club, a safety net |
| But it’s more like a gin trap that’s been carefully set |
| REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST |
| We write what we can on the cow’s flayed hide |
| Our grievances are noted and then brushed to one side |
| But the pain we feel keeps us alive |
| TROUBLEMAKER |
| Bushes and bones and sticks and stones |
| Now, then, women and men |
| REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST |
| In Manosque the bishops get what they deserve |
| Stoned to death and we retrieve the grain from their reserves |
| FEMALE CHORUS |
| We plunder all the bakeries |
| Searching for our courage in… |
| MALE CHORUS |
| Searching for our courage in… |
| REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST |
| Searching for our courage in… |
| RINGMASTER & MARIE MARIANNE |
| …this folly |