B. B. King - I Done Got Wise lyrics

A peaceful grove,

in treetops above the whisper of the wind

It echoes over fields, over endless wilderness

You close your eyes and there you are

among your ancestors

They greet you,

welcomed to enter the war

for freedom of their heirs

Over the vasted fields, bearing the strongest shields

Our fathers rode

Through the thickest brakes,

armed with the sharpest stakes

To none they bowed

The Northern blow cuts through your skin

As swells beat your vessel

The open sea surrounding seems dark and cold

You wonder why men around

you sit quiet for themselves

Staring into the darkness...

They know what awaits them there

It is victory, or death

The calm Baltic Sea

reflects the first morning sunbeams

A rosy-fingered dawn over the seas,

an illusion of peace

Straight ahead a palisade steep

The time has come, "Hit the beach!"

Over the vasted fields, bearing the strongest shields

Our fathers rode

Through the thickest brakes,

armed with the sharpest stakes

To none they bowed

A peaceful grove,

in treetops above the whisper of the wind

It echoes over fields, over endless wilderness

You close your eyes and there you are

among your ancestors

They greet you welcome to enter the war

for the freedom of their heirs

At last, the moment you've been waiting for

Now it's time to fight or fall

The enemy line getting closer and closer

You distinguish his eye-whites

And pull your sword..."Strike!"

You see your blade cut off his head

Another father ends up dead

No time to think who will miss him at nights

Another slash and someone's husband dies

See the fear in their eyes

"Their lines are scattered, hunt them down!"

None were left alive to tell their wives