It's a Long Way to Go

So we all got our life you say Like you're the chosen one Others just fade away I lie in my bed Safe like you each night While on my television People are dyin' Maybe some country On the other side of the road Holdin' their children - Man That could be my girl With the house knocked down And the struggle all around The flame still burns It's a long way to go To find your freedom It's a far cry From the life we know Someone paid the price For what we're reaping Sacrificed their heart and soul I sit here in my easy chair The blood of my brothers All but forgotten You know I had friends That went off And never came back So that I Could grow to my tallest We were all sitting in a circle And singing our favourite song Never knowing that Off in the distance That sound we hear Was war Off in the distance It starts to rain The blood of innocence The face of loneliness Pain drops like water On the empty game Played on the battleground They hid without a sound Holding their hands out Trying to wash away the shame So we come out With our life and limb And the blood in our veins Grabs a chance to live Gotta ticket to freedom That shields me From all I fear Here in the arms, Of a nations warmth We sail to the edge And push across the shore In the strength of her belly With open eyes We find what the fighting's for