Flogging Molly - Tobacco island
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[chorus]
All to heBbll we must sail
For the shores of sweet Barbados
Where the suGmgar cane grows taller
Than the god we once believed in
Till the buBbtcher and his crown
Raped the land we used to sleep in
Now toGmmmorow chimes of ghostly cFrimes
That haGmunt Tobacco Island
Gm'Twas 1659 forgotten now for sure
They drBbagged us from our homeland
With the musket and their gun
CrGmomwell and his roundheads
Battered all we know
ShaBbckled hopes of freedom
We're now but stolen goods
FDarken the horizon
Blackened from the sun
This rotAmten cage of Bridgetown
Is whCere I now belong
[Chorus]
All to heBbll we must sail
For the shores of sweet Barbados
Where the suGmgar cane grows taller
Than the god we once believed in
Till the buBbtcher and his crown
Raped the land we used to sleep in
Now toGmmmorow chimes of ghostly cFrimes
That haGmunt Tobacco Island
GmRed leg down a peg
Blistered burns the soul
The fBbloggings they're a plenty
But reasons there are none
Our bGmacks belong to landlords
Where branded is there name
BbPaid for with ten shillings
Cheap labor never breaks
The siFlver moon is shinin'
Cools the copper blood
Where the lAmivin' meet the dead
And tCogether dance as one
[Chorus]
All to heBbll we must sail
For the shores of sweet Barbados
Where the suGmgar cane grows taller
Than the god we once believed in
Till the buBbtcher and his crown
Raped the land we used to sleep in
Now toGmmmorow chimes of ghostly cFrimes
That haGmunt Tobacco Island
GmAg-Bbony, will you clGmeanse this miBbsery?
For it's neBbver again i'll brGmeathe
The air of hoFme
From this saBbndy Gmedge
The rolling sBbea breaks my reGmvenge
With each whBbisper a thousand waGmves
I hear rFoar
I'm coming home
DaFrk is the horizon
Blackened by the sun
This roAmtten cage of Bridgetown
Is whCere I now belong
[Chorus]
All to heBbll we must sail
For the shores of sweet Barbados
Where the suGmgar cane grows taller
Than the god we once believed in
Till the buBbtcher and his crown
Raped the land we used to sleep in
Now toGmmmorow chimes of ghostly cFrimes
That haGmunt Tobacco Island