Lyrics 1937 - Chase McBride

1937

Darling, darling would you please
Come down to the river
Where I wash my feet
The water runs cold
Over soft blue stones
And the trees sing songs
While the wind blows on
Come on, sing oh
Sister, sister with your long face
Could you not find hope
In this green of a place
The worries of your world
Not the worries of your soul
We’ll drink with our friends
Til the sun comes up again
Come on, sing oh
Children, children we are taught to believe
We lose that faith, then we loose everything
Come on, come on with the war still going
We could change their minds if we sing it this time
Children, children will you not soon be
Shooting bullets in the dark just to call yourselves free
I don’t believe in the powers that be
They can claim their gods, but they steal and they rob from us
Are we not raised
Thinking money buys things that we need
I believe, to this day
Woman on the streets, whispering to her feet
Driven mad by a place full of noise and concrete
Water brings life, I ask then why
Do we drink our streams dry
Claiming all is well and right
I guess it is then
Children, children we are taught to believe
We lose that faith, then we loose everything
Come on, come on with the war still going
We could change their minds if we sing it this time
Children, children will you not soon be
Shooting bullets in the dark just to call yourselves free
I don’t believe in the powers that be
They can claim their gods, but they steal and they rob from us