[ti:The Island]
[ar:Celtic Thunder]
[al:Celtic Thunder]
[by:laraine]

[00:00.00]The Island
[00:05.43]-Celtic Thunder

[00:09.42]They say the skies of Lebanon are burning
[00:14.54]Those mighty cedars bleeding in the heat
[00:19.68]They re showing pictures on the television
[00:24.73]Women and children dying in the street

[00:31.15]And we re still at it in our own place
[00:34.99]Still trying to reach the future through the past
[00:40.10]Still trying to carve tomorrow from a tombstone
[00:46.39]But hey, don t listen to me
[00:48.94]This wasn t meant to be no sad song
[00:54.09]We ve heard too much of that before
[00:59.17]Right now I only want to be with you
[01:03.60]Till the mornin  dew comes fallin 

[01:09.39]And I want to take you to the island
[01:14.69]Trace your footprints in the sand
[01:19.57]And in the evening when the sun goes down
[01:24.01]We ll make love to the sound of the ocean

[01:31.13]They re raisin  banners over by the markets
[01:36.22]White washing slogans on our ship yard walls
[01:41.33]Witch doctors praying for a mighty showdown
[01:46.46]No way our holy flag is gonna fall

[01:52.80]Up here we sacrifice our children
[01:56.81]To feed the worn out dreams of yesterday
[02:01.79]And teach them dying will lead us into glory

[02:08.15]But hey, don t listen to me.
[02:10.69] Cus this wasn t meant to be no sad song
[02:15.70]I ve sung too much of that before
[02:20.91]Right now I only want to be with you
[02:25.41]Till the mornin  dew comes fallin 

[02:31.13]I want to take you to the island
[02:36.41]Trace your footprints in the sand
[02:41.27]And in the evening when there s no one around
[02:45.71]We ll make love to the sound of the ocean

[02:52.81]Now I know us plain folks don t see all the story
[02:58.00]And I know this peace and love s just copping out
[03:03.08]And I guess these young boys dyin  in the ditches
[03:08.18]Is just what being free is all about
[03:13.41]And how this twisted wreckage down main street
[03:18.37]Will bring us all together in the end
[03:23.44]And we ll go marching down the road to freedom
[03:29.53]
[03:32.06]Freedom
[03:34.76]
[03:37.03]Freedom 
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