Hard Songs

Some kind stranger grows my food

Back bent hard in the harvest sun

Red is the flag and red the mud

Hard songs running in her blood

Some kind stranger picks my coffee

Back bent deep in the forest heat

Green is the flag and green the plant

Cold seas running in his heart

Some kind stranger sews my clothes

Back bent low on the sweatshop row

Black is the flag and the smoke of coal

Mother's tears running in your soul

Mother's tears running in your soul

Cold seas running in your heart

Hard songs running in your blood

Nimble fingers stitching pride

Hunger rules the rich divide

Red is the blood and black the hole

Mother's tears running in your soul

Mother's tears running in your soul

Cold seas running in your heart

Hard songs running in your blood

Seabound sailor give us wings

Nations end where peace begins

Labours end and the soul departs

Cold seas running in our hearts

Mother's tears running in my soul

Cold seas running in my heart

Hard songs running in my blood