micah bournes - patrick henry/ make it beautiful lyrics
[patrick henry]
i have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. i know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. and judging by the past, i wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the british ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves…? there is no longer any room for hope. if we wish to be free…we must fight! i repeat it, sir, we must fight!
set your streets on fire
burn your palace down
topple your empire
we want freedom now
fathers of this nation
were not fearful men
give me liberty
or give me death they cried as they
set your streets on fire
burn your palace down
topple your empire
we want freedom now
they were not servants
they were not slaves
but they were not equal
and that was enough for them to
set your streets on fire
burn your palace down
topple your empire
we want freedom now
the powers that be called them rebels
violent agitators, terrorists
but they called themselves
revolutionaries as they
set your streets on fire
burn your palace down
topple your empire
we want freedom now
children of these patriots
honor them as heroes
but disdain the courage
of another people, when we
set your streets on fire
burn your palace down
topple your empire
we want freedom now
they call us violent agitators
they say “you’re not servants
you’re not slaves
aren’t you free enough?”
and our answer…
set your streets on fire
burn your palace down
topple your empire
we want freedom now
and we’ll press on for ages
but do not mistake endurance for patience
freedom cannot wait
and so we
set your streets on fire
burn your palace down
topple your empire
we want freedom now
why are you surprised?
did you expect us to be better men than you?
we are not, we are the same
that’s why we
set your streets on fire
burn your palace down
topple your empire
we want freedom now (2x)
shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? it is in vain sir, to extenuate the matter. gentlemen may cry, “peace, peace”, but there is no peace. the war is actually begun! …our brethren are already in the field! why stand we here idle? is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? forbid it, almighty god! i know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
[make it beautiful]
oh it’s murder and it’s foul
yes it’s ugly and it’s vile
but this town the only home i’ve ever known
born a child of the exile
just might be here for a while
so i seek the peace, the peace of babylon
yeah i seek the peace, the peace of babylon
old preacher always talkin’ bout some place i never seen
promised land with milky streams and honey gold
old preacher always talkin’ how it was and gonna be
but right now i’m only tryin’ to make the most
said right now i’m only tryin’ to make the most
‘cause it’s murder and it’s foul
yes it’s ugly and it’s vile
but this town the only home i’ve ever known
born a child of the exile
just might be here for a while
so i seek the peace, the peace of babylon
yeah i seek the peace, the peace of babylon
the white lies of the rulers got us bleeding scarlet red
and all the bluesy people feelin blue
but if we burn the city
ain’t no place to lay our head
so we gone try to make it beautiful
yeah we gone try to make it beautiful
oh beautiful
for sp-cious skies
for amber waves of grain
for purple mountain majesties
above the fruited plains
oh babylon
oh babylon
good god have mercy on thee
and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea
’cause it’s murder and it’s foul
yes it’s ugly and it’s vile
but this town the only home i’ve ever known
born a child of the exile
just might be here for a while
so i seek the peace, the peace of babylon
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