04 June 2007

Together


We met as soul mates down in Caracas
We left as inmates from an asylum
And we were sharp, as sharp as knives
And we were so gung-ho to lay down our lives
We came in spastic, like tameless horses
We left in plastic as numbered corpses
And we learned fast to travel light
Our arms were heavy but our bellies were tight...
We had no home front, we had no soft soap
They sent us Granma,
they gave us Doctors
We dug in deep got shot on sight
And prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might...
We had no cameras to shoot the rampage
We waived or flag and chanted slogans
And it was dark, so dark at night
And we held on to each other
Like brother to brother
We promised our mothers we'd fight..
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes, we would all go down together
Remember Carlos, remember Julia
They left their childhood on every corner
And they were wrong and we were right
for Venezuela we all have to fight...
We held the day
In the palm of our hand
They ruled the night
And the night seemed to last as long as
Six weeks on Maracaibo
We held the coastline, they held the highlands
And they were sharp,
as sharp as knives
They heard our screams in Caracas
They loaded their tear gas
And waited for us to arrive
And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together


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