Joan Baez Tears Of Rage Lyrics

Tears Of Rage Lyrics

We carried you in our arms

On Independence Day

And now you'd throw us all aside

And put us on our way



Oh, what dear daughter 'neath the sun

Would treat a father so

To wait upon him hand and foot

And always tell him, "No"?



Tears of rage, tears of grief

Why must I always be the thief?

Come to me now, you know

We're so alone and life is brief



We pointed out the way to go

And scratched your name in sand

Though you just thought it was nothing more

Than a place for you to stand



Now, I want you to know that while we watched

You discover there was no one true

Most everybody really thought

It was a childish thing to do



Tears of rage, tears of grief

Must I always be the thief?

Come to me now, you know

We're so low and life is brief



It was all very painless

When you went out to receive

All that false instruction

Which we never could believe



And now the heart is filled with gold

As if it was a purse

But oh, what kind of love is this

Which goes from bad to worse?



Tears of rage, tears of grief

Must I always be the thief?

Come to me now, you know

We're so low and life is brief