Tonalidad: A minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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This year
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in my garden I grow peppers and tomatoes,
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Peppers and tomatoes,
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they grow together well,
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And my neighbours all around me
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they grow beans and potatoes
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Cabbages and onions in this vil
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lage where we dwell.
Verse 2
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And later in the year we will
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bring wine to the table
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Bring wine to the table,
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and reap what we have sown.
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Like my father did before and his
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father did before him
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And his father did before him,
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we will share what we have grown.
Verse 3
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This little patch of dirt,
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this little pile of stones.
I can wash the dust from
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off my face, and skin
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But this earth is in my bones.
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Military vehicles are
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passing through our village
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Passing through our village
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with young soldiers ill at ease.
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Unsmiling and unshaven,
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distrustful and uncertain
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Distrustful and uncertain,
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and all smoking constantly.
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And
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my neighbours say "Don't
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worry for you are one of us,
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You are one of us and it
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will not happen here",
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But the next night at the caf�, when I
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bring wine to the table,
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When I bring wine to the table,
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but they are sitting drinking beer.
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Verse 6
Last night the hand of friendship
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fell heavy on my shoulders,
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Heavy on my shoulders as I
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turned away to go.
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As I said goodnight some old men,
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some old men and young soldiers
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Were humming tunes and singing words to song
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s that I did not know.
Verse 7
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Oh this little patch of dirt,
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and this little pile of stones
I can wash the dust from off
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my face and skin,
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But this earth is in my bones.
Verse 8
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This morning my wife told me that she'd
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been to church on Sunday,
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Been to church on Sunday,
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she had felt the need to pray.
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Our children were baptised there but it was
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just to please the old ones,
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Just to please the old ones,
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and I don't know what to say.
Interlude 1
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Verse 9
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Tonight, as dark is falling, I am
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tending to my garden,
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Tending to my garden,
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and the crop that I have grown.
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And my car is heavy laden,
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and soon I'll start the en gine,
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Soon I'll start the engine,
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wake the children and be gone.
Verse 10
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Oh this little patch of dirt, and this
little pile of stones
I can wash the dust from off my face
and skin
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But this earth is in my bones. My shotgun it is loaded,
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and it's hidden in the cabin,
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It's hidden in the cabin,
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and the evening's growing chilled.
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My mouth is dry, my hands are moist,
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and if someone tries to stop me,
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Someone tries to stop me,
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I am ready now to kill.
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Verse 11
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Oh this little patch of dirt, and
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this little pile of stones
I can wash the dust from off
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my face and skin
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But this earth is in my bones.
Interlude 2
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Verse 12
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I am watering my garden, when I
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smell the cigarette smoke,
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Smell the cigarette smoke,
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and I turn round in the dust
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And I see the glint of rifles,
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but I cannot see the faces
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But I recognise the voices that say,
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"You must come with us".
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