Anti Apartheid

Bert Jansch

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    I listen to the words that whisper in my ear
    I've heard the words of anger, i know the words of fear
    But are whispered in the shadows, the only word of freedom

    Anti-apartheid is all that i hear

    To separate the colours and break the rainbow sign
    To ask the finest painter to draw a crooked line
    Will only slow the journey to here again another time

    Anti-apartheid is all that's on my mind

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    I cannot bear to think of people cast aside
    I fail to see the reason why of colour you must hide
    And why of freedom can't you sing a song to change the rushing tide

    Anti-apartheid is what you must decide

    Anti-apartheid is what you must decide

    Now 50 years of science has brought us to the moon
    Yet of 50 years of talking of freedom coming soon
    Has taught us nothing but to split and segregate a room

    Anti-apartheid is a hope of freedom soon

    If men were of one colour how silly life would be
    A regimented army to work a factory
    That produces daily a gift of boredom given free

    Anti-apartheid is what it's meant to be

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    Composition: Bert Jansch

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