Fire and the Guns

have you waited here for long
have you waited all alone
have you seen the lines of men
with the fire and the guns

i see the smoke is risin’
from over on the hill
i will go and get your son
if you want him still

have you seen the lines of men
with the fire and the guns
burning all our cities down
one by one

southern man he was standing
with his hands up to the sky
soldiers came and shot him down
his lady standin’ by

have you seen the lines of men
with the fire and the guns
burning all our cities down
one by one

how can they hunt their brothers down
across the border to the south
burnin’ fields where the cotton grows
burnin’ families from their homes

have you waited here for long
have you waited all alone
have you seen the lines of men
with the fire and the guns

have you seen the lives of men
lost to fire and the guns