It Won't Take Long

They said some men would be warriors Some men would be kings Some men would be owners of land And other man-made things False love as the eternal flame Would move some to think in rings And gold would be our power And other foolish things And you who dream of liberty Must not yourselves be fooled Before you get to plea for freedom You've agreed to being ruled If the body stays a shackle Then the mind remains a chain And that will link you to your destiny Where by other souls are slain It won't take long It won't take too long at all Three men in a desert wandering One is knowing and two are scared They say time is in the river Oh but the river is not there Dry in spirit Dry in body Two will lend themselves to death And in grief one weeps into his hands And drinks his bitter tears 'cause it don't take long It don't take too long at all No it don't take long You may say I don't know what you're talking about And I say You mean to tell me that's all And I stand before you now I am hopeful in my rage You know love has finally called for me I will not wilt upon its stage But you know still smaller than my nightmare Now do I print upon the page And do we have to live inside its walls To identify the cage 'cause it takes so long Why does it take so long And it takes so long You may say I don't really care what you're talking about I'm gonna ask you You trying to tell me you don't belong I am my mother's daughter But I have seen myself in you It's this blessing that I follow now And so I must speak true I dreamed of thousands dying It was you and you and you And while the city sleeps so quietly There is something we must do And it won't' take long It won't take too long at all It won't take long May say I don't know if I want to know what you're getting at It makes me want to say So long Grief shall come in measures Only grief alone will know And you'll see it on your family And on your own face it will grow Then they'll try to keep you hungry And they'll tell you to eat snow You know pride can be a moving thing If we learn the strength of no And it won't take long It won't take too long at all No it won't take long You may say I don't think this has anything to do with me Did you ever think you could be wrong At noon on one day coming Human strength will fill the streets Of every city on our planet Hear the sound of angry feet With business freezed up in the harbour The kings will pull upon their hair And the banks will shudder to a halt And the artists will be there 'cause it won't take long It won't take too long at all No it won't take long And you may say I don't think I can be a part of that And it makes me want to say Don't you want to see yourself that strong Division between the peoples Will disappear that honoured day And though oceans lie between us Lifted candles light the way Half will join their hands by moonlight The rest under the rising sun As underneath the sun and moon A ritualed wailing has begun And it won't take long It won't take too long at all And it won't take long And you may say I don't know how to be a part of what you're talking about And it makes me want to say Come on Come on Oh beware you sagging diplomats For you will not hear one gun And though our homes be torn and ransacked We will not be undone For as we let ourselves be bought We're gonna let ourselves be free And if you think we stand alone Take a look around and you will see We are children in the rafters We are babies in the park We are lovers at the movies We are candles in the dark We are changes in the weather We are snowflakes in July We are women grown together We are men who easily cry We are words no quickly spoken We're the deeper side of try We are dreamers in the making We are not afraid of why --- It Won't Take Long - Indigo Girls