[02:48.00]Music by Elton John
[02:48.00]Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
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[02:48.00]There's a river running sweat right through our land
[02:48.00]Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand
[02:48.00]And I've taken just as much as I can stand
[02:48.00]Oh we've got to free our brothers from their shackles if we can
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[02:48.00]Most nights I have to watch my woman cry
[02:48.00]Every day I watch the colonel smile
[02:48.00]His painted ladies riding in from town
[02:48.00]I swear one day I'm gonna burn that whore house to the ground
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[02:48.00]Slave, slave
[02:48.00]To fight the violence we must be brave
[02:48.00]Hold on strong to the love God gave
[02:48.00]Slave
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[02:48.00]There's a rumour of a war that's yet to come
[02:48.00]That may free our families and our sons
[02:48.00]It may lay green lands to barren wastes
[02:48.00]The price of release is a bitter blow to face