Theo Bard - Drums Of Freedom lyrics

FOR YOU SO PROUD AND POWERFUL THE DEVIL BRING THEE LUCK GO SEARCHING FOR YOUR SOLACE WHEN YOUR NAME GOES THROUGH THE MUCK WHEN EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE WILL BE A THORN IN GOOD MEN'S SIDES THEN EVEN YOU MIGHT BEAT THE DRUMS OF FREEDOM FOR MAIDENS IN THE MORNING WHO WAKE WITH REDDENED EYES REMEMBERING LOVERS LOST IN RISING WITH THE LARK'S FIRST CRIES AND NEVER TASTING LOVE AGAIN TILL YOUTH IS ALMOST GONE THEN EVEN YOU MIGHT BEAT THE DRUMS OF FREEDOM FOR BEGGARS ON THE CITY STREETS THAT SINK THEMSELVES SO LOW AND WANDER FREE OF FANCY WHERE IT PLEASE THE WIND TO BLOW I'LL WAGER YOU A WINTER'S NIGHT INSIDE MY FEATHER BED THAT EVEN YOU CAN'T BEAT THE DRUMS OF FREEDOM FOR FARMERS FIGHTING FOREIGN HANDS JUST FOR A MARKET SHARE THEY'LL BID YOU OUT OF HOUSE AND HOME AND LEAVE YOUR POCKETS BARE OR COME BACK IF YOU STAND UP STRONG TO SEE YOUR STOCKPILES ROT SO EVEN YOU MUST BEAT THE DRUMS OF FREEDOM FOR YOU WHO WORK AND TIRE YOURSELVES INSIDE THE CITY'S LIGHTS REMEMBER YOU MUST STAND ALONE, DON'T LOSE THE WILL TO FIGHT FOR TIME WILL COME WHEN BOUNTY WILL DESERT OUR FERTILE LAND THEN EVEN YOU MUST BEAT THE DRUMS OF FREEDOM FOR YOU MY LOVE AND COMPANY A-DREAMING AT MY SIDE OF BABIES su*kING SWEETLY AND THE FATES THE FUTURE HIDES THE TIME WILL COME AGAIN WHEN WE MUST PLANT THIS FERTILE GROUND THEN EVEN YOU MUST BEAT THE DRUMS OF FREEDOM NOW MINISTERS OF GOVERNMENT I'M SURE I FIND YOU WELL BEFORE YOUR TERM IS DONE THERE IS A TALE THAT I MUST TELL OF MEN WHO PLACED THEIR FAITH IN YOU BETRAYED BY SWEETENED LIES THEY TRUSTED YOU TO BEAT THE DRUMS OF FREEDOM.