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Our Father's Sons Lyrics
Help me sing
All you weary strangers raise your voice
In this chain gang chorus in our younger days
My brothers, we were naive sailors
Storms we'd all endure
Oh the road, oh you who sing her praises [...]
The places that she takes us, the choice is ours
We wanted much more than our fathers
While our mothers said their prayers
Now moving on up, to the east side
We finally got a piece of the pie
Baby doll
All you women of the travelers, your empty arms
Your patient hearts in waiting, bless your hearts
And your never ending patience
I could not go on without you
We're all the same
All blue and bright white collars, we're all the same
Our troubles and our sorrows and underneath
Blood and bone and mixture
Though we dance to different songs
Not songs to sing along
Not songs to sing along
Every man, every woman with a burden raise your hands
Raise'em up to the firmament, see those hands
Meet your brothers and your sisters, use your hands
We are our father's sons
All you weary strangers raise your voice
In this chain gang chorus in our younger days
My brothers, we were naive sailors
Storms we'd all endure
Oh the road, oh you who sing her praises [...]
The places that she takes us, the choice is ours
We wanted much more than our fathers
While our mothers said their prayers
We finally got a piece of the pie
All you women of the travelers, your empty arms
Your patient hearts in waiting, bless your hearts
And your never ending patience
I could not go on without you
We're all the same
All blue and bright white collars, we're all the same
Our troubles and our sorrows and underneath
Blood and bone and mixture
Though we dance to different songs
Not songs to sing along
Not songs to sing along
Raise'em up to the firmament, see those hands
Meet your brothers and your sisters, use your hands
We are our father's sons
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Submitted by
lowbudgethero On Jan 03, 2012
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Don't know how I'm the first one to comment on yet another amazing from an incredibly amazing group but I'll take it. The lyrics here are incorrect. These are the correct lyrics:
Help me sing All you weary strangers raise your voice In this chain gang chorus in our younger days My brothers, we were naive sailors Storms we all endure Oh the road, all you who sing her praises are dust and bones The places that she takes us, the choice was ours We wanted much more than our fathers While our mothers said their prayers
Yeah, we're moving on up, to the east side We finally got a piece of the pie...of the pie
Baby doll All you women of the travelers, your empty arms Your patient hearts in waiting, bless your hearts And your never ending patience I could not go on without you
We're all the same All the blue and bright white collars, we're all the same Our troubles and our sorrows but underneath Is the blood and bony mixture Though we dance to different songs And your mama's all right Your daddy's all right They just seem a little bit weird...oh, surrender
Every man, every woman with a burden raise your hands Raise 'em up to the firmament, see those hands Meet your brothers and your sisters, use your hands We are our father's sons
Excellent song and one of my favorites. Brian's vocals throughout add so much more passion to the song.