A Church Is Burning-Paul Simon

[ti:A Church Is Burning] [ar:Paul Simon] [al:Paul Simon Songbook - Paul Simon] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Church Is Burning - Paul Simon (保罗·西蒙) [00:11.72]A church is burning [00:17.84] [00:18.49]The flames rise higher [00:23.35]Like hands that are praying [00:26.65]They grow in the sky [00:29.56] [00:30.11]Like hands that are praying [00:32.34]The fire ascends [00:34.52]You can burn down my churches [00:37.37]But I shall be free [00:40.85] [00:43.49]Three hooded men through the back roads did creep [00:46.81] [00:47.51]Torches in their hands [00:49.32]While the village lies asleep [00:51.15] [00:52.18]Down to the church where [00:53.72]Just hours before [00:55.96] [00:56.68]Voices were singing and [00:58.75]Hands were meeting and [01:00.86]Saying I won't be a slave anymore [01:05.09] [01:05.79]A church is burning [01:12.34]The flames rise higher [01:16.77]Like hands that are praying [01:20.04]They glow in the sky [01:22.85] [01:23.44]Like hands that are praying [01:25.54]The fire ascends [01:27.52]You can burn down my churches [01:30.14]But I shall be free [01:33.55] [01:36.38]Three hooded men their hands lit the spark [01:39.80]And they faded in the night [01:41.82]They vanished in the dark [01:43.78]And in the cold light of morning [01:46.24]There was nothing that remained [01:48.43]But the ashes of a bible and a can of kerosene [01:52.77] [01:53.99]A church is burning [02:00.50]The flames rise higher [02:04.61]Like hands that are praying [02:08.03]They glow in the sky [02:10.15] [02:11.50]Like hands that are prayin' [02:13.61]The fire ascends [02:15.45]You can burn down my churches [02:18.02]But I shall be free [02:21.68] [02:24.24]A church is more than just timber and stone [02:28.08]And freedom is a dark road [02:30.03]When you're walking it alone [02:32.35]But the future is now [02:34.39]And it's time to take a stand [02:36.58]So the lost bells of freedom [02:38.73]Can ring out in my land [02:41.67] [02:42.28]A church is burning [02:48.71]The flames rise higher [02:53.12]Like hands that are praying [02:56.51]They glow in the sky [02:59.62]Like hands that are praying [03:01.82]The fire ascends [03:03.86]You can burn down my churches [03:06.60] [03:08.39]But I shall be free