A Church Is Burning-Paul Simon

[ti:A Church Is Burning] [ar:Paul Simon] [al:The Paul Simon Songbook] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Church Is Burning - Paul Simon (保罗·西蒙) [00:12.22]A church is burning [00:19.02]The flames rise higher [00:23.65]Like hands that are praying [00:27.26]They grow in the sky [00:29.77] [00:30.44]Like hands that are praying [00:32.69]The fire ascends [00:34.75]You can burn down my churches [00:37.56]But I shall be free [00:40.94] [00:43.98]Three hooded men through the back roads did creep [00:48.10]Torches in their hands while the village lies asleep [00:51.22] [00:52.47]Down to the church where just hours before [00:55.72] [00:56.90]Voices were singing and [00:58.90]Hands were meeting and [01:00.96]Saying "I won't be a slave anymore" [01:05.45] [01:06.01]A church is burning [01:12.75]The flames rise higher [01:17.06]Like hands that are praying [01:20.43]They glow in the sky [01:23.05]Like hands that are praying [01:25.98]The fire ascends [01:27.60]You can burn down my churches [01:30.16]But I shall be free [01:33.72] [01:36.71]Three hooded men their hands lit the spark [01:39.84]And they faded in the night they vanished in the dark [01:44.14]And in the cold light of morning there was nothing that remained [01:48.07]But the ashes of a Bible and a can of kerosene [01:52.37] [01:54.07]A church is burning [02:00.86]The flames rise higher [02:05.10]Like hands that are praying [02:08.54]They glow in the sky [02:10.60] [02:11.72]Like hands that are prayin' [02:13.78]The fire ascends [02:15.72]You can burn down my churches [02:18.22]But I shall be free [02:22.39] [02:24.70]A church is more than just timber and stone [02:28.50]And freedom is a dark road when you're walking it alone [02:32.62]But the future is now and it's time to take a stand [02:36.93]So the lost bells of freedom can ring out in my land [02:41.36] [02:42.42]A church is burning [02:49.10]The flames rise higher [02:53.34]Like hands that are praying [02:56.90]They glow in the sky [02:59.84]Like hands that are praying [03:02.08]The fire ascends [03:04.14]You can burn down my churches [03:08.69]But I shall be free