Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Sins Of The Fathers, artist - UB40.
Date of issue: 31.12.2004
Song language: English
Sins Of The Fathers |
Once upon a time |
And not so long ago |
When things were much more simple |
And time would travel slow |
There came a righteous stranger |
With a Bible in his hand |
To educate the sinners |
And liberate their land |
The sins of the fathers |
Are visited from old |
In a never ending circle |
Of people bought and sold |
So the wretched of the earth |
Will huddle from the cold |
As the ship of fools goes sailing |
On an ocean black as gold |
So come and sit beside me |
And let my tale unfold |
Of a land of milk and honey |
Where the truth must not be told |
As men of rhyme and reason |
Let the Devil take their soul |
For greed and fame and fortune |
And a river black as gold |
The sins of the fathers |
Are visited from old |
In a never ending circle |
Of people bought and sold |
So the wretched of the earth |
Will huddle from the cold |
As the ship of fools goes sailing |
On an ocean black as gold |
And all the non-believers |
Were hiding from the light |
As a thousand burning crosses |
Were scattered in the night |
The thieves and the vagabonds |
Were sinking in the sand |
As the righteous Lord and Master |
Stretches out a helping hand |
The sins of the fathers |
Are visited from old |
In a never ending circle |
Of people bought and sold |
So the wretched of the earth |
Will huddle from the cold |
As the ship of fools goes sailing |
On an ocean black as gold |
And those who had to suffer |
The sick, the young, the old |
Were sacrificed to fortune |
And left out in the cold |
So in this new arrangement |
The leaders sold their soul |
For bangles, beads and baubles |
And a river black as gold |
The sins of the fathers |
Are visited from old |
In a never ending circle |
Of people bought and sold |
So the wretched of the earth |
Will huddle from the cold |
As the ship of fools goes sailing |
On an ocean black as gold |
The sins of the fathers |
Are visited from old |
In a never ending circle |
Of people bought and sold |
So the wretched of the earth |
Will huddle from the cold |
As the ship of fools goes sailing |
On an ocean black as gold |