Bhundu Boys – 05 – Bitter To The South Lyrics

05 – Bitter To The South Lyrics

I think in the year of the refugee
Or maybe it was the year of the child or the aged
I sat with Thomas in a bar, he was drinking with a women there
I asked him, "Tell me all about your younger rebel days"

Well, the way this women was there, you could see she wasn't messing
Thomas wasn't missing much of that
He said, "You know this is such a small corner of the world we have here"
Some days we thought we could conquer all

The so cold wind from the north comes blowing bitter to the south
The so cold wind from the north comes blowing bitter to the south
It takes the fruit out of the earth, it takes the food out of the mouth
The so cold wind from the north comes blowing bitter to the south
Comes blowing bitter to the south

"We are the World" was on the jukebox in the corner
There was a faded turtle poster up in Spanish on the wall
Thomas said, "Pretty beads and charity that's all they afford us
Well, ain't invited to the feast but end up paying for it all"

Because the so cold wind from the north comes blowing bitter to the south
The so cold wind from the north comes blowing bitter to the south
It takes the fruit out of the earth, it takes the food out of the mouth
The so cold wind from the north comes blowing bitter to the south
Bitter to the south

Is there ain't no year for the refuge
There ain't no year for the child
There ain't no year for the aged
Is just these years of the debt

Oh, my lover and I, still, we go where life leads us
Send a message to your masters
Tell 'em "Nothing's over yet"

The so cold wind from the north comes blowing bitter to the south
The so cold wind from the north comes blowing bitter to the south
It takes the fruit out of the earth, it takes the food out of the mouth
The so cold wind from the north comes blowing bitter to the south
Bitter to the south
Bitter to the south

The so cold wind from the north comes blowing bitter to
O cold wind from the north comes blowing
O cold wind from the north comes blowing bitter to the south
Comes blowing bitter to the south
Bitter to the south

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