The Great Divide-Janis Ian

[ti:The Great Divide] [ar:Janis Ian] [al:Folk Is the New Black] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Great Divide (分水岭) - Janis Ian (珍妮斯·艾恩) [00:00.70]Written by：Janis Ian [00:01.09] [00:11.94]Come good people and gather 'round [00:15.66] [00:17.04]Step out of the water before you drown [00:20.69] [00:23.01]Tide is coming swift and deep [00:25.25]Gonna knock you off your feet [00:27.05] [00:33.98]There's a tide of greed that knows no shame [00:37.69] [00:39.42]And a tide of money that holds no stain [00:42.76] [00:45.11]A tide of men who worship pride [00:47.42]And will not be denied [00:49.34] [00:55.53]While politicians lie and cheat [00:58.32]To get to higher ground [00:59.96] [01:00.97]We follow them like sheep [01:03.04]And salute them as we drown [01:05.73] [01:06.60]But no man will be king [01:08.08] [01:09.20]When all men wear the crown [01:10.93] [01:11.70]And there will be a reckoning [01:14.31]From deep inside the rising tide [01:19.19] [01:20.18]As we tear down the walls [01:23.18] [01:24.80]Of the great divide [01:28.02] [01:36.93]Come good people and gather here [01:39.78] [01:42.29]You who still hold freedom dear [01:45.49] [01:47.68]Step across the waters [01:50.09]Bring your sons and daughters [01:52.46] [01:58.82]Some will sink and some will swim [02:02.61] [02:04.25]Some will walk on the water again [02:07.62] [02:09.65]Some will rise and some will fall [02:12.31]Each one will hear the call [02:14.29] [02:20.30]While churches counsel patience [02:22.42] [02:23.34]And heavenly reward [02:25.46]They sub divide our nations [02:27.91]By the shield and by the sword [02:30.70] [02:31.36]And every congregation [02:33.52]Has a pipeline to the lord [02:35.57] [02:36.26]But there will be no salvation [02:38.91]And no place to hide for those who lied [02:43.58] [02:44.89]And buried us alive to build the walls [02:48.12] [02:49.53]Of the great divide [02:53.15] [03:01.06]And oh when the poorest of the poor [03:04.74]Come knocking at the door [03:07.25]They will not be denied [03:10.51] [03:11.90]And oh when those who took too much [03:14.94] [03:15.53]Are stripped of it and judged [03:17.58] [03:18.22]Then mercy will provide for the rising tide [03:25.23] [03:33.45]So come good people and gather 'round [03:37.73] [03:39.26]Come and stand on common ground [03:42.48] [03:44.80]Raise your voices up and sing [03:47.09]Let's make the heavens ring [03:49.15] [03:55.64]And you whose silence costs your soul [03:59.49] [04:01.01]Learn to speak or dig your hole [04:04.07] [04:06.22]Tomorrow's here and it won't wait [04:08.63]No time to hesitate [04:11.99] [04:17.28]The tide's already risen [04:18.89] [04:19.70]The deluge is at hand [04:21.42] [04:22.27]Don't sit there by the ocean [04:24.20] [04:24.72]While it sucks away the sand [04:27.15] [04:27.68]'Cause you'll be left with nothing [04:29.89]But the memory of land [04:32.26] [04:33.10]While we sit high above the tide [04:35.53] [04:36.04]And watch the walls begin to fall [04:39.78] [04:41.15]As one by one our children wave goodbye [04:44.92] [04:46.01]To the great divide