When the Wind Changes
[Verse 1]
How easy, how easy to not turn your backs
How easy to not turn your backs
While you're plowing the land with tools we bought ya
Reaping the seeds what we carefully taught ya
Spending the money we bound to forgive ya
It means not to harness but just to help ya
The love we have sent has turned to resentment
And now that your hunger's no longer a threat
[Refrain]
Oh, when the wind changes, how quick we forget
When the wind changes, how quick we forget
[Verse 2]
How easy, how easy it is to change sides
How easy it is to change sides
Throw rocks at our windows and burn all our towers
Say "Leave us alone, we've got our own God-given power"
But it's not what you said when the enemy crippled ya
Handcuffed, enslaved and totally stitched ya
That's not what ya said when our armies had freed ya
And now when we say "Friend, we really need ya"
Ah, you act just like we never have met
[Refrain]
Ah, when the wind changes, how quick we forget
When the wind changes, how quick we forget
[Verse 3]
How easy, how easy it is to destroy
How easy it is to destroy
One sell us in spirit now split the world in two
One bent on destruction, they say "We'll bury you"
But that's not what you said back in 1932
When our trainloads of wheat kept your millions alive
And now you claim everything I said is a lie
Well, send back the children our food kept from death
And then count your faces, see how many are left
[Refrain]
Oh, when the wind changes, how quick we forget
When the wind changes, how quick we forget
[Verse 4]
How sad, how sad the strong tree's burden
How sad the strong tree's burden
Your brothers and sisters have been scarred by the fire
Only time can heal their limbs held by wire
And you and you alone by the flames untouched
The leadership of the forest has now been thrust
Life and death are yours to protect
The history books, they too will reflect
The day they appreciate the help that they get
[Refrain]
Ah, but when the wind changes, how quick they forget
Oh, when the wind changes, how quick they forget