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Joan Baez
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(Words and Music by Joan Baez)
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Tell me when you see them
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Gathered at the shore
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Dancing on their broken chains
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Ah, the ladies are no more
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In their blue jeans and their necklaces
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Against an evening sky
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But some of them are weeping
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Crying rider, please pass by
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The ship with all the riders
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Has drifted out to sea
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Compass cracked and stars unnamed
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It's lost to history
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And the riders in captivity
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Watch ancient waves roll high
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And hear the distant voices
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Crying rider, please pass by
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All you men who should have been
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Your fathers beat you down
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Your mothers loved you badly
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Your teachers stole your crowns
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And the wars you fought have taken toll
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The price was far too high
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You've buried all the images
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Of riders passing by
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The horses of the riders
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Have waited at the tide
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But years have passed, they know at last
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Their heroes will not ride
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So the women oh so gracefully
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Mount noble horses high
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Shattering the timelessness
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Of rider, please pass by
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But who can dare to judge us
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The women or the men?
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If freedom's wings shall not be clipped
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We all can love again
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So the choice is not of etiquette
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Or finding lonesome ways to die
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But liberty to ships at sea
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And riders passing by
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But liberty to ships at sea
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And riders passing by
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© 1973 Chandos Music (Ascap)
Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust (With Lyri...
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