Lau — Banks Of Marble lyrics

Lyrics

I’ve travelled round this country
From shore to shining shore.
It really made me wonder
The things I heard and saw.
I saw the seaman standing
Idly by the shore.
I heard his bosses saying,
There’s no work for you no more.
I saw the weary farmer,
Ploughing sod and loam;
I heard the auction hammer
knocking down his home.
My sisters and my brothers
Off to work this land;
I swore we’d get together,
United make a stand.
But the banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
And the vaults are stuffed with silver,
That we all sweated for.
My sisters and my brothers
Off to work this land;
I swore we’d get together,
United make a stand.
We’d own those banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
We’d share those vaults of silver,
That we all sweated for.
The banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
And the vaults are stuffed with silver,
We all sweated for.
My sisters and my brothers
Off to work this land;
And I swore we’d get together,
United make a stand.
We’d own those banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
We’d share those vaults of silver…