Name: How High The Cost
Duration: P00H05M20S
Description: This is one of my own songs about ethnic cleansing and the price that is paid through generations

How High The Cost

from Fiddler's Green (a collection of songs) by Garry Blakeley

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This is one of my own songs about ethnic cleansing and the price that is paid through generations

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I HEARD A MAN TALKING IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY
I DIDN’T THINK I WOULD CRY WHEN I HEARD WHAT HE’D SAY
HE SPOKE OF THE CHILDREN THAT ONCE USED TO PLAY
OUTSIDE OF HIS WINDOW EACH MORNING
THE WAR IT HAD STARTED WAY OUT TO THE EAST
AND THE SOLDIER SET MARCHING THE END OF OUR PEACE
THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM AND WHAT THEY BELIEVED
WITH THEIR ANCESTORS BLOOD THEY WERE RAGING

HOW HIGH THE COST HOW FAR THE WAY
HOW LONG IS THE SUFFERING HOW MANY MUST PAY
AND WHAT OF THE CHILDREN THE INNICENT SO FAIR
ARE THEY CARRYING THE FIGHT TO THE FUTURE THAT’S THEIRS

HE SPOKE OF HIS HOMELAND THE PLACE OIF HIS YOUTH
AND HOW HIS HEART ACHED FOR THE MEMORIES OF TRUTH
HIS HOUSE AND HIS LAND FROM WHICH HE’D BEEN REMOVED
DESTROYED IN THE VIOLIENCE AND CARNAGE
AND HE SPOKE OF THE FACES MADE OLD IN THE YOUNG
THE SENSLESS DESTRUCTION DEATH BY THE GUN
AND INTO STARVATION COLD BITTERNESS RUN
FROM THE DEPTHS OF HIS SOUL HE WAS CRYING

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I HEARD A MAN TALKING IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY
I DIDN’T THINK I WOULD CRY WHEN I HEARD WHAT HE’D SAY
HIS VOICE SEEMED SO CLOSE YET HIS PAIN FAR AWAY
I DIDN’T REALISE HOW MUCH THEY WERE HURTING
DO SOME OF THE ANSWERS LYE IN VICTORY
THE WRIGHT AND THE WRONG IS IT EASY TO SEE
GOD BLESS LOVING CHILDREN AND SET THEM ALL FREE
FOR THEIR MISSING THE BEAUTY OF LIVING

CHORUS

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from Fiddler's Green (a collection of songs), released April 17, 2021

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