22 Dec 99 - 09:58 AM (#152867) Subject: Lyr Add: THE WINNING SIDE (Robbie O'Connell) From: Jeri From Robbie O'Connell's Songbook Another hour has passed away, Another slowly turning moment of another endless day But nothing's changed at all, he still walks from wall to wall And every year that passes by Will be one less year for living when he finally steps outside A heavy price to pay, to waste your life away CHORUS Ah but justice is a fickle thing One law for the common man, another for the king And don't you know when kings can't win the game It won't be long 'til all the rules are changed And it's all justified when you're on the winning side The man who stands in jail today Could well become tomorrow's leader, that's how history often plays The price it's understood is sometimes paid in blood And when the battle lines are drawn Who can foretell who'll be the one to play the king or play the pawn Or who will bear the blame in such a deadly game Even one day is too much time To be held without a charge, to be condemned without a crime A cruel irony in the land of liberty For when it comes to human rights Why is it always in some foreign land we choose to stand and fight When will we realize what's right before our eyes Never Learned to Dance - Green Linnet, GLCD 1124 Words and Music, Robbie O'Connell © 1990 Slievenamon Music (BMI) |