THE BOY FROM THE PLANTATION

I knew when I cradled you That you were gonna shine As your hand held so tightly Forever I thought onto mine When you'd cry I'd wrap you in a blanket And sing you my songs All I knew to right the wrongs As we held onto love As we held onto love Victor Lidio Jara Martinez The boy from the plantation they could not repress Who strummed and sung to dreams and injustice Victor Lidio Jara Martinez I descended into hell When I lost your smile But I was always there Even in exile In the cadence of the wind It's throat in your strings It's lungs upon your tongue Rivers of us join and run They join and run Victor Lidio Jara Martinez The boy from the plantation they could not repress Who strummed and sung to dreams and injustice Victor Lidio Jara Martinez Victor Lidio Jara Martinez The boy from the plantation they could not repress Who strummed and sung to dreams and injustice Victor Lidio Jara Martinez