Nothing But The Truth

(album: Ojo De Culebra (Shake Away) - 2008)

What are the open plans but land to roam and cultivate
Reciprocate trade and share
To give and to take
To respect the Indian way?

I will no longer cry
For what has passed is gone
Like a memory that floats in the air
The song of an eagle feather
Climbing in the wind
On a hot summer day
On a hot summer day

I've seen eyes they were crying sadly
Fists ready for the blow
Seen turbulent skies above me
Butterflies in the snow
Saw a war in a mask and a costume
In a jungle of leaders to blame
Seen power in the hands of the wrong men
Will it always be just the same?

Seen boys cross illegal borders
Risk a life to wash a dish
Seen money disguised as the answer
Is that your only wish?
Saw a mother's smile so hopeful
Seen a man who treasures life
As a woman now able to choose
From a strength that I need to survive

Truth, nothing but the truth
Watch you coming today, watch you coming today
The things you say when you give and you take when you take
And you take and you take
The truth, nothing but the truth
In the name of nature
The choices we make
Is it only me is it only you
Are we only living for today?

Maybe today will be my day

Before it's over
I'll make a change
Maybe today will be my day
Before it's over
I'll have my say

Nanana...

May the walls on the road be witnesses of the needs of your ticking heart
The words that you love be spoken
At your table and when you part
May your long line of family members be proud of who you've become
May your hands and your soul remind you every day that you are around
May the house that is always clean
Be the home to the ones in need
May the dirt on the soles of your boots make a track of the good will you leave
May the words that were used to divide float away far away out of sight
And the mountain we still must climb be the one we will climb to unite

Truth, nothing but the truth
Watch you coming today, watch you coming today
The things you say when you give and you take when you take
And you take and you take
The truth, nothing but the truth
In the name of nature
The choices we make
Is it only me, is it only you
Are we only living for today?
Maybe today will be my day
Before it's over
I'll make a change
Maybe today will be my day
Before it's over
I'll have my say

Nanana...