It Won't Take Long

Ferron

They said some men would be warriors and some men would be kings

And some men would be owners of land and other man-made things

And false love as the eternal flame would move some to think in

rings

And gold would be our power and other foolish things

But you who dream of liberty must not yourselves be fooled

Before you get to plea for freedom, you've agreed to being ruled

If the body stays a shackle then the mind remains a chain

That'll link you to a destiny whereby all good souls are slain

And it won't take long, it won't take too long at all

It won't take long, and you may say

"What has that got to do with me" and I say,

"You mean to tell me that's all?"

Of three men in a desert wandering, one is knowing and two are

scared

They say time is in the river, but the river is not there

Dry in spirit dry in body two will lend themselves to death

And in grief one weeps into his hands and drinks his bitter

tears

'Cause it don't take long, it don't take too long at all

It don't take long, and you may say,

"I don't know what you're talking about," and I say

"You mean to tell me that's all?"

And as I stand before you now, I am hopeful in my rage

You know love has finally called for me, I will not wilt upon

its stage

But still smaller than my nightmare now do I print upon the page

Do we have to live inside its walls to identify the cage?

'Cause it takes so long, why does it take so long,

But it takes so long, and you may say,

"I don't really care what you're talking about," and I say,

"Are you trying to say you don't belong?"

I am my mother's daughter, but I have seen myself in you

It's this blessing that I follow now, and so I must speak true

I dreamed of thousands dying, it was you and you and you,

And while the city sleeps so quietly there is something we must

do

And it won't take long, it won't take too long at all,

It won't tak