Song Of The South Lyrics - The Seer - Big Country

When I was young you said to me 

How I would grow to find 

A world of hope and wonder 

That you would leave behind 

So now I look around me 

I see where you were wrong 

The tears that flow for equal rights 

Have fallen far too long 

Way down south in the township 

Way down south in the plain 

Does the sun still rise on the land of lies 

Every day in fear, every day in shame 

And I was told no man was judged 

By color or by creed 

So why do some have streets of gold 

While others only need 

No, you cannot tell me 

There is pride in fearing pain 

A nation born in a country torn 

I know the rightful claim 

Way down south in the township 

Way down south in the plain 

Does the sun still rise on the land of lies 

Every day in fear, every day in shame 

Take away the newsreel 

And take the world to task 

One man one vote as nations quote 

Is that too much to ask 

And now I look around me 

I see where you were wrong 

The tears that flow for equal rights 

Have fallen far too long 

Way down south in the township 

Way down south in the plain 

Does the sun still rise on the land of lies 

Every day in fear, every day in shame