Two by Oysterband

All that way for this

What we wanted was: chain lightning
what we wanted was: eight miles high
What we wanted was: free fall and our turn to fly

What we wanted was: more fireworks
everlasting 4th of July
What we wanted was: more stars in a bluer sky

All we wanted was something worth it
worth the labour, worth the wait
Then they take you up to the mountain
you see too late.

In the middle of a good time
Truth gave me her icy kiss
Look around, you must be joking
All that way, all that for this

What we wanted was: consolation
the band of strangers, help for pain
What we wanted was: to be sure no friends were lost in vain

What we wanted was: aggravation
a good cause and a bigger row
What we wanted was: the whole plantation, now, now, now

What we wanted was: rhyme and reason
what we wanted was: another way
what we get is: a tinpot heaven and we're too drunk to pray

What we get is: the old machinery
grinding on in the same old way
What we need is the sweet republic
- roll on Independence Day


Moving on

We walked these streets together, now we walk these streets alone
We asked the man for justice and he handed us a stone
In this great land of freedom we are taking up the slack
We pushed the stone to the top of the hill & we watch it rolling back

The way to hell is straight and sure
The way to heaven is long
The way to your heart is never ending
So I just keep moving on - Moving on
The way to your heart is never ending
So I just keep moving on

The brave are twisting in the wind, stupidity endures
And men with no identity will try to borrow yours
Danger is the lure for boys to help you now and then
But they fall from the wire in a Bay of Pigs and they don't come round again

I never felt myself alone or truly felt afraid
Until the hour I understood, by friends we were betrayed
Whose precious mouths are stopped with food, who cannot meet our eyes
Who laugh about their principles and brush them off like flies