Revolution Rabbit Deluxe - Steel September Skies Lyrics

Beneath the steel September skies
A picture perfect parade winds down my street
As adults clap and children cheer, frozen in time
I hear the crash of jackboots black

Let's change the scene, ignore the screams

The Sudan sun seeps through my skin
My mother's arms holding me tight, keeping me safe
I try to smile but my belly aches, there's flies in my eyes
The camp is far and I'm too weak

And then the screams, my mother screams

I am just one man, got no master plan
But I'll try to stand if you'll take my hand
Till the sun turns black, till the sky is cracked
Till the curse lies choked, I will cling to hope... hope!

Parades rewind and jackboots fade
Round bellied child opens his eyes, he's breathing again
All our wrongs are being undone, the guilty can't run
It's time to live as life began

It's time to live, it's time to love

I am just one man

Hope!