We Can Never Be Free chords by Ieuan Williams

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I was young,
my father told me, son,
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though it won't come easy,
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work until it's done.
And when it's done,
you work until the next
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Pick up those saws and hammers,
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get some hair upon your chest
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And he'll get lost in the
sleepless of a night
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You can weave between the cars,
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all tainted orange in the light
And she'll tell you she is whole,
I am silver, you are gold
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And the surest time is told,
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she'll get scratched into your soul
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And they'll tell you to forget,
they'll say that love is fear and
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disrespect an d  that regret
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Is just the price that heaven set,
and they'll say why you are young
Or wax wings next to the sun,
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to wait it out, to take your turns
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Or else you'll fail and fall to earth
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Oh, and we can never be free
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Forever slaves to the salt of our seas
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And whatever ebb and flow,
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it is ours and ours alone
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Oh, and we  can never be free
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When I was young, they told me, listen son
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Cut your hair, polish those shoes
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Heat to cool your daily noose
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And dig in those pockets deep
To be sure of any sleep
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Drink your water like your wine
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Pucker up,  you'll be fine
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And I said, I  don't recall
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The writing on the wall
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Predetermining the fall
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The lousy sickness of it all
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And they said, son, you are mistaken
For these words are buried deep
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In the timber of your heart
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Beneath the tarmac of the street
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And so I searched the
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city's dirty heat
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Broken glass, melted plastic
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and polished steel
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And then I took to the road and it took me
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But still I could not shake
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those words  they're hanging true
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Against the colours in their hue
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Crimson red and dark blue
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The only place for me and you
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Oh, and we  can never be free