Return To The Land

C F C G C F C C There comes a time when I look out to find F C The hungry are hungry again F C When did I last speak to Alice, how to help ease their pain G F C When hope leaves, I know I've been hopeless, like a spark in the rain F G And the when crumble, it makes me feel humble F C As though I'm the one who's to blame Em Dm7 But nothing is won when the crying is done F C 'Til your friends take you up by the hand Em Dm Em A Return to the earth, you feel your own birth come again F Dm G C When your bridges are burned, you will try to return to the land C G C C South of the border, the coffee beans order F C The coca is turned to cocaine F C Tons of bananas and miles of the sweet sugar cane G F C Grown for the pleasure of some by others who strain F G And long do they stand and stare at the land F C That they work for another man's gain Em Dm7 But nothing is won when the crying is done F C 'Til your friends take you up by the hand Em Dm Em A Return to the earth, you feel your own birth come again F Dm G C When your bridges are burned, you will try to return to the land C F C G C F C C And there is the other, forgot by his brother F C Alone at the end of the day F C Searching in vain for the work that would gain him his pay G F C He tries to forget all the others he's met by the way F G F And there in the dark the voice in his heart F C Calls him home to a place far away Em Dm7 But nothing is won when the crying is done F C 'Til your friends take you up by the hand Em Dm Em A Return to the earth, you feel your own birth come again F Dm G C F C When your bridges are burned, you will try to return to the land F Dm G C F C And when you are through, it always forgives you, the land