A Church Is Burning (Alternate)-Paul Simon

[ti:A Church Is Burning(alternate ] [ar:Paul Simon] [al:The Paul Simon Songbook] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Church Is Burning (Alternate) - Paul Simon (保罗·西蒙) [00:13.04]A church is burning [00:18.65] [00:19.21]The flames rise higher [00:23.40]Like hands that are praying [00:26.82]They grow in the sky [00:30.00]Like hands that are praying [00:31.82]The fire ascends [00:33.81]You can burn down my churches [00:36.36]But I shall be free [00:40.23] [00:42.11]Three hooded men through the back roads did creep [00:45.55]Torches in their hands while the village lies asleep [00:49.98]Down to the church where just hours before [00:52.66] [00:53.97]Voices were singing and [00:55.97]Hands were meeting and [00:57.84]Saying "I won't be a slave anymore" [01:01.71] [01:02.33]A church is burning [01:08.57]The flames rise higher [01:12.57]Like hands that are praying [01:15.75]They glow in the sky [01:18.50]Like hands that are praying [01:20.62]The fire ascends [01:22.30]You can burn down my churches [01:24.49]But I shall be free [01:29.04] [01:30.72]Three hooded men their hands lit the spark [01:33.85]And they faded in the night they vanished in the dark [01:37.59]And in the cold light of morning there was nothing that remained [01:41.77]But the ashes of a Bible and a can of kerosene [01:45.02] [01:46.76]A church is burning [01:52.25] [01:52.88]The flames rise higher [01:56.87]Like hands that are praying [01:59.99]They glow in the sky [02:02.86]Like hands that are prayin' [02:04.86]The fire ascends [02:06.54]You can burn down my churches [02:08.79]But I shall be free [02:13.02] [02:14.91]A church is more than just timber and stone [02:18.77]And freedom is a dark road when you're walking it alone [02:22.08]But the future is now and it's time to take a stand [02:26.14]So the lost bells of freedom can ring out in my land [02:30.44] [02:31.38]A church is burning [02:36.31] [02:37.56]The flames rise higher [02:41.55]Like hands that are praying [02:44.79]They glow in the sky [02:47.42]Like hands that are praying [02:49.47]The fire ascends [02:51.28]You can burn down my churches [02:55.59]But I shall be free