Faux Bamboo

And then the church struck 5 It marked the time the march went on The girls parading with beads tied in their hair See the mothers and fathers on their toes And the boys one eye on heaven For if the sky would fall upon And the sky would fall upon If only one of them Had had the foresight and the game To take it on himself, and show them all the path That person's wisdom would be praised and heard Provided she would lead the way But there is little to be won By wishing for the sun Cause the house we live in It took years of building Now the thunder's shaking Before the lightning I couldn't see it Don't mistake it Cause I'm ready for anything you better know You're the one who breaks it I'm not walking alone now Now see the purple clouds And how they play with circumstance How fanciful are dreams Dreamed by just one Oh, the girls they loosen up their beads And the boys just love to see them Cause they want to carry on They have got to carry on Cause the house we live in It took years of building Now the thunder's shaking Before the lightning I couldn't see it Don't mistake it Cause I'm ready for anything you better know You're the one who breaks it I'm not walking alone now Touch the sky and go forever Feel the ground Push your feet up Walk unafraid till you will never Feel the ground Push your feet up And after shields were sown And thrown against the sighing rain And after open wounds had been bled The girls had formed a throne of iron And they laughed when one had said We are here to take you on We are here to take you on We are here to take you on We walk all night until we see it We are here to take you on We walk all night and we'll believe it