The Partisan

(Austin has always been known as a kind of "seat of resistance") (It's, it's a subtle, a subtle situation) (No flags are burned) (No offensive rethoric) (But everyone knows, that somehow the spirit reigns free here) (And) (This is a song of another resistance, a long time ago) (It's called "The Partisan") When they poured across the border I was cautioned to surrender This, I could not do I took my gun and I vanished I have changed my name so often I lost my wife and children But I have many friends And some of them are with me, with me right here tonight An old woman gave us shelter Kept us hidden in the garret Then the soldiers came She died without a whisper, not so much as a whisper There were three of us this morning I'm the only one this evening But I will go on These frontiers are my prison Les Allemands étaient chez moi On m'a dit "résigne-toi" Mais je n'ai pas peur J'ai repris mon arme J'ai changé cent fois de nom J'ai perdu femme et enfants Mais j'ai tant d'amis J'ai la France entière Un vieil homme, dans un grenier Pour la nuit, nous a cachés Les Allemands l'ont pris Il est mort sans surprise Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing Through the graves the wind is blowing Freedom soon will come Then we'll come from the shadows The wind, the wind is blowing Through the graves the wind is blowing Freedom soon will come Then we'll come from the shadows, come in these very shadows (Mr. John Bilezikjian on the oud) (Mr. Bob Furgo on the violin)