Sins Of The Fathers

Once upon a time, not so long ago When things were much much simple And time would travel slow There came a righteous stranger With a bible in his hand To educate the sinner And liberate the land [Chorus:] The sins of the fathers Have visited from old In a never ending circle Of people bought and sold So the wretched of the earth Would huddle from the cold As a ship of fools go sailing On an Ocean black as gold So come and sit beside me And let my tale unfold In a land on milk and honey Where the truth must not be told As men of right and reason Let the devil take their soul For greed and fame and fortune And a river black as gold [Chorus] And all the non believers Where 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 a righteous lord and master Stretches out a helping hand [Chorus] And those who had to suffer The sick the young the old Where sacrifice to fortune And left out in the cold So with this new arrangement The leaders sold their souls For bangles, beads and baubles And a river black as gold [Chorus x2] --- Sins of the Fathers - UB40