Red River
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Before they kill your sons and your daughters
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they'll look you in the eye,
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and call on all the mothers and wives
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to salute them as they cry.
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And they've told you of your freedoms and
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they've warned you well of evil madmens' lies.
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And we'll celebrate our sacrifice now
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when we are told our child has died.
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Red River is parting the sands in the cradle,
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the fruit of the garden now taken.
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To ashes and dust lay the lamb on the table,
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his spirit has risen to freedom.
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Johnny marches into battle with his banner high,
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his truth clenched in his hand.
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For his honor and his country he must
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leave the young man far behind the sand.
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He's a soldier brave and true, and his courage holds him
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when he makes his stand.
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And dear Johnny was my love, but a young man
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died in a far off land.
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Red River is parting the sands in the cradle,
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the fruit of the garden now taken.
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To ashes and dust lay the lamb on the table,
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his spirit has risen to freedom.
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(Instrumental)
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And we march into the streets searching for a land
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they call America,
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passing thousands of the weary and abandoned people
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watching everyone.
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Some are hungry some are old and
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some are dying in the cold, won't cry no more.
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And the children of the storm of inhumanity
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are crowding through the door.
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Red River is parting the sands in the cradle,
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the fruit of the garden now taken.
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To ashes and dust lay the lamb on the table,
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his spirit has risen to freedom.
