
Date of issue: 05.02.2006
Song language: English
The Great Divide |
Come good people and gather 'round |
Step out of the water before you drown |
Tide is coming swift and deep |
Gonna knock you off your feet |
There’s a tide of greed that knows no shame |
And a tide of money that holds no stain |
A tide of men who worship pride |
And will not be denied |
While politicians lie and cheat |
To get to higher ground |
We follow them like sheep |
And salute them as we drown |
But no man will be king |
When all men wear the crown |
And there will be a reckoning |
From deep inside the rising tide |
As we tear down the walls |
Of the Great Divide |
Come good people and gather here |
You who still hold freedom dear |
Step across the waters |
Bring your sons and daughters |
Some will sink and some will swim |
Some will walk on the water again |
Some will rise and some will fall |
Each one will hear the call |
While churches counsel patience |
And heavenly reward |
They sub-divide our nations |
By the shield and by the sword |
And every congregation |
Has a pipeline to the lord |
But there will be no salvation |
And no place to hide for those who lied |
And buried us alive to build the walls |
Of the Great Divide |
And oh, when the poorest of the poor |
Come knocking at the door |
They will not be denied |
And oh, when those who took too much |
Are stripped of it and judged |
Then mercy will provide for the rising tide |
So come good people and gather 'round |
Come and stand on common ground |
Raise your voices up and sing |
Let’s make the heavens ring |
And you whose silence costs your soul |
Learn to speak or dig your hole |
Tomorrow’s here and it won’t wait |
No time to hesitate |
The tide’s already risen |
The deluge is at hand |
Don’t sit there by the ocean |
While it sucks away the sand |
'Cause you’ll be left with nothing |
But the memory of land |
While we sit high above the tide |
And watch the walls begin to fall |
As one by one our children wave goodbye |
To the Great Divide |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Sweet Misery | 1967 |
In the Winter | 1975 |
Breaking Silence | 1993 |
Between the Lines | 1975 |
Stars | 1974 |
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye | 2007 |
Have Mercy, Love | 1979 |
Dead Men Walking | 2004 |
Streetlife Serenaders | 1978 |
My Mama's House | 1978 |
Hopper Painting | 1978 |
I Need to Live Alone Again | 1978 |
Silly Habits | 1978 |
The Bridge | 1978 |
Some People | 1978 |
Tonight Will Last Forever | 1978 |
That Grand Illusion | 1978 |
Pick Yourself Up ft. Cy Coleman, Janis Ian, Gerry Mulligan | 1987 |
Mountain Greenery ft. Cy Coleman, Janis Ian, Gerry Mulligan | 1987 |
New York State of Mind ft. Cy Coleman, Janis Ian, Gerry Mulligan | 1987 |