《Took the Children Away》歌词

[00:00:00] Took The Children Away - Archie Roach

[00:00:03] This story's right this story's true

[00:00:08] I would not tell lies to you

[00:00:11] Like the promises they did not keep

[00:00:16] And how they fenced us in like sheep

[00:00:21] Said to us come take our hand

[00:00:25] Sent us off to mission land

[00:00:30] Taught us to read to write and pray

[00:00:34] Then they took the children away

[00:00:38] Took the children away

[00:00:42] The children away

[00:00:47] Snatched from their mother's breast

[00:00:49] Said this is for the best

[00:00:52] Took them away

[00:00:56] The welfare and the policeman

[00:01:00] Said you've got to understand

[00:01:04] We'll give them what you can't give

[00:01:09] Teach them how to really live

[00:01:13] Teach them how to live they said

[00:01:17] Humiliated them instead

[00:01:22] Taught them that and taught them this

[00:01:26] And others taught them prejudice

[00:01:30] You took the children away

[00:01:34] The children away

[00:01:39] Breaking their mothers heart

[00:01:42] Tearing us all apart

[00:01:44] Took them away

[00:01:48] One dark day on Framingham

[00:01:53] Come and didn't give a damn

[00:01:56] My mother cried go get their dad

[00:02:01] He came running fighting mad

[00:02:06] Mother's tears were falling down

[00:02:10] Dad shaped up and stood his ground

[00:02:13] He said 'You touch my kids and you fight me'

[00:02:18] And they took us from our family

[00:02:23] Took us away

[00:02:27] They took us away

[00:02:31] Snatched from our mother's breast

[00:02:34] Said this was for the best

[00:02:36] Took us away

[00:03:07] Told us what to do and say

[00:03:11] Told us all the white man's ways

[00:03:16] Then they split us up again

[00:03:19] And gave us gifts to ease the pain

[00:03:24] Sent us off to foster homes

[00:03:28] As we grew up we felt alone

[00:03:32] Cause we were acting white

[00:03:34] Yet feeling black

[00:03:37] One sweet day all the children came back

[00:03:41] The children come back

[00:03:45] The children come back

[00:03:50] Back where their hearts grow strong

[00:03:52] Back where they all belong

[00:03:54] The children came back

[00:03:58] Said the children come back

[00:04:03] The children come back

[00:04:07] Back where they understand

[00:04:10] Back to their mother's land

[00:04:12] The children come back

[00:04:15] Back to their mother

[00:04:19] Back to their father

[00:04:24] Back to their sister

[00:04:29] Back to their brother

[00:04:32] Back to their people

[00:04:37] Back to their land

[00:04:41] All the children come back

[00:04:45] The children come back

[00:04:50] The children come back

[00:04:54] Yes I came back