Birthright Lyrics by Yes

Birthright Lyrics

    (anderson / howe / wakeman / bruford / bacon)
    In 1954 the british government, in order to maintain the balance
    Of power between east and west, exploded their first atom bomb at
    Woomera. they failed to contact all of the aborigine peoples at
    The time. the aborigines still call this 'the day of the cloud.'

    A new born land
    Dreaming by the sky
    The scent of colours
    In the flowers

    Believe it's small
    In many ways
    It holds the key
    That divides the super powers

    This road is never lonely
    To england they are tied
    They were blasted by the silver cloud
    There were blasted to the wall alive

    This place, this place ain't big enough for stars and stripes

    Counting out the statesmen
    Bungling one by one
    Spelling out this segregation
    So the catchword be
    Looking after number one
    They release the fear inside
    Are human after all
    So begins our dream time
    They hunted like the dinosaur
    We the pure
    They the savage innocent
    How we crush our existence after all
    Come on

    For without them
    We are lonely
    This england we are blind
    Like all the empires crumble
    Will surely change the tide

    This place ain't big enough for red and white
    This place ain't big enough for stars and stripes

    This place - this place
    This place is theirs, by their birthright
    This place

    The sun gives better reasons
    United we are blind
    To deliver our existence
    Keep it up
    Keep it up
    This human tide, give it some

    We can break the ties
    Of recent changes
    Know the ones who
    Hold the key
    Singing out the congregation
    We are them and they are we

    This place ain't big enough for red and white
    This place ain't big enough for stars and stripes
    This place
    This place
    This place is theirs by their birthright

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