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And It Wasn't a Dream
Mum is looking tired, Dad's feeling old They've been here thirty years, still ain't seen no streets of gold Mum packed her cases at the age of nineteen She was gonna go to England, she would live like a Queen She would build her own house, she would raise 'nuff kids Sometimes I know she wishes that she never did But what's done is done, what's past is past The only questions now - how long can she last? There's little future for the children in a world they never made So tell me where's the future for the middle aged Mum's gotta put her future in the hands of the Lord Hope she goes to heaven for her final reward Worked her finger to the bone to make her life better Tried to be a citizen, they wouldn't let her Residential areas gave a message to Mum You were O.K. in the jungle you'll be fine in the slum But in the slum there were houses little better than shacks Signs in the window - 'No Irish - No Blacks' Wife and husband with nowhere to go Winter coming on and they'd never seen snow They sat that life isn't easy, then you die But you can't give up you have to give it a try When there's youth there's hope no matter how bad it seems They knew that one day soon they would achieve their dreams.
When Dad was a lad he was bad 更多更詳盡歌詞 在 ※ Mojim.com 魔鏡歌詞網 But check him out now it's kinda sad He came here to England he thought he'd do well He knew more about the English than they knew 'bout themselves Question him on Africa, he'd give you some crap About the place across the sea where all the people are black Where they lived in grass houses where they didn't wear clothes Where every last person had a bone through their nose But what did he care, he was in the U.K. Where people co-existed in a civilised way With this kind of thinking his brainwashed mind Couldn't cope, he lost hope and now he's lost and blind Forget about the future he's just living for now He tried to succeed but didn't know To deal with rejection at the sight of his face All the isms and schisms concerning his race He would stay here for ten, twenty years at the most Take his family home and live high post When Daddy arrived that was his master plan His wife was the woman and he was the man But life was so hard it near destroyed their souls Some couples went mad some reversed their roles Young gifted and black they were a perfect team And now they can't go back they lost it all for a dream.
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