A Fond Farewell

v1
WHERE'S THE STRENGTH THAT MY FATHER KNEW
NOW A HOLE CREATED WHERE ONCE THINGS GREW
WHERE PRIDE WAS TRUTH AND LOVE ALIVE
NOW JUSTSHADOWS OF HUMANS WITH HOLLOW EYES
v2
WHAT YOU SEE IN THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS?
IT'S HUMANITY FROM A DISTANT PAST
AND NOW POLITICS IN AN UGLY DISGUISE
IT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU BARELY TRY

C) m
HAVE WE COME TO THE END
WILL THE DAY START AGAIN
A FOND FAREWELL
A FOND FAREWELL
MY FRIEND

WE HAD HISTORY STRUGGLED TO SET US FREE
WHERE BRIGHT AND HONEST MEN FOUGHT FOR PEACE
THEIR LOYALTY AND DIGNITY DID WE LET IT GO
SLIP THROUGH OUR HANDS AND SLOWLY FADE AWAY
THAT ROAD TO TRUTH THEY PAVED

OUR SOCIETY NOW HIT AND RUN
TO IGNORE THE RULES, WELL THAT'S BEEN DONE
WITH OUR FOREFATHERS SWEAT AND BLOOD
WAS THEIR FORESIGHT WHAT WE'VE BECOME
C)
HAVE WE COME TO THE END
IT WAS OUR RACE TO WIN
A FOND FAREWELL

A FOND FAREWELL