It won't take long lyrics

Artist  : Ferron 
Song : It won't take long
 
They said some men would be warriors and some men
would be kings
And some men would be owners of land and other
man-made things
And false love as the eternal flame would move
some to think in rings
And gold would be our power and other foolish
things
But you who dream of liberty must not yourselves
be fooled
Before you get to plea for freedom, you've agreed
to being ruled
If the body stays a shackle then the mind remains
a chain
That'll link you to a destiny whereby all good
souls are slain
And it won't take long, it won't take too long at
all
It won't take long, and you may say
"What has that got to do with me" and I say,
"You mean to tell me that's all?"
Of three men in a desert wandering, one is
knowing and two are scared
They say time is in the river, but the river is
not there
Dry in spirit dry in body two will lend
themselves to death
And in grief one weeps into his hands and drinks
his bitter tears
'Cause it don't take long, it don't take too long
at all
It don't take long, and you may say,
"I don't know what you're talking about," and I
say
"You mean to tell me that's all?"
And as I stand before you now, I am hopeful in my
rage
You know love has finally called for me, I will
not wilt upon its stage
But still smaller than my nightmare now do I
print upon the page
Do we have to live inside its walls to identify
the cage?
'Cause it takes so long, why does it take so
long,
But it takes so long, and you may say,
"I don't really care what you're talking about,"
and I say,
"Are you trying to say you don't belong?"
I am my mother's daughter, but I have seen myself
in you
It's this blessing that I follow now, and so I
must speak true
I dreamed of thousands dying, it was you and you
and you,
And while the city sleeps so quietly there is
something we must do
And it won't take long, it won't take too long at
all,
It won't take long, and you may say,
"I don't know if I wanna know what you're getting
at,"
And it makes we wanna say, "So long."
Because grief will come in measures, only grief
alone will know
And you'll see it on your family, on your own
face it will grow
And they'll try to keep you hungry, then they'll
tell you to eat snow
You know pride can be a moving thing if we learn
the strength of "NO!"
And it won't take long, it won't take too long at
all,
It won't take long, and you may say,
"I don't think this has anything to do with me,"
"But did you ever think you could be wrong?"
At noon on one day coming, human strength will
fill the streets
Of every city on our planet, hear the sound of
angry feet
With business freezed up in the harbour, the
kings will pull upon their
hair
And the banks will shudder to a halt, and the
artists will be there
'Cause it won't take long, it won't take too long
at all,
It won't take long, and you may say,
"I don't think I can be a part of that," and it
makes me want to say,
"Don't you want to see yourself that strong?"
Division between the peoples will disappear that
honoured day
And though oceans lie between us, lifted candles
light the way
Half will join their hands by moonlight, the rest
under a rising sun
As underneath the sun and moon, a ritual'd
wailing has begun
And it won't take long, it won't take too long at
all,
It won't take long, and you may say,
"I don't know how to be a part of what you're
talking about," and it makes
me want to say, "Come on!"
And beware you sagging diplomats, for you will
not hear one gun
And though our homes be torn and ransacked we
will not be undone
For as we let ourselves be bought, we're going to
let ourselves be free
And if you think we stand alone, look again and
you will see:
We are children in the rafters, we are babies in
the park,
We are lovers at the movies, we are candles in
the dark,
We are changes in the weather, we are snowflakes
in July,
We are women grown together, we are men who
easily cry,
We are words not quickly spoken, we're the deeper
side of try,
We are dreamers in the making, we are not afraid
of "Why?"