I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

So we find from far away

Troubled peoples have sent us here today

A place where ghosts rest and blood was she'd

Ceremonies in the sand honor the dead

The dirt feels fine against my feet

The sun shines bright

Where sky and water meet

If you will dry my tears

I promise i'll dry yours

So come wade with me along the southern shore

Water will carry our sins

And leave them where the current begins

So far away from us, along the southern shore

Where cursed ships with sailors float by

They can never know love

They can't know our life

But i'll still drink to life

And smoke to death

But it's in honor of our last breath

So we'll gather here and confess the truth

It's just an image of what i see in you

The water can fill our needs

And keep us strong like the roots of trees

That plant themselves along the southern shore

Sun shine fades as clouds roll through

In our darkest hour, we don't know who to turn to

With my blood i will pass on all my dreams

Like the clear fresh water from rivers and streams

That collect and run off the southern shore

With the hope my kin wont need anything more

Than to live and feel the sun on their face

I trust they'll make it here to this sacred place

We hold our hearts steady and fast

But i warn you now, your life will pass

And we all have our complaints

But believe me, here, they are nearly the same

They'll wash away along the southern shore