Elton John - Slave lyrics

Music by elton john<br>Lyrics by bernie taupin<br>Available on the album honky château<br><br>There's a river running sweat right through our land<br>Driven by a man with a bullwhip in his hand<br>And I've taken just as much as I can stand<br>Oh we've got to free our brothers from their shackles if we can<br><br>Most nights I have to watch my woman cry<br>Every day I watch the colonel smile<br>His painted ladies riding in from town<br>I swear one day I'm gonna burn that whore house to the ground<br><br>Slave, slave<br>To fight the violence we must be brave<br>Hold on strong to the love God gave<br>Slave<br><br>There's a rumour of a war that's yet to come<br>That may free our families and our sons<br>It may lay green lands to barren wastes<br>The price of release is a bitter blow to face