Take Back The Land Lyrics

Take Back The Land lyrics

Tore the people from the land



Torched their houses with bloodied hands



Thousands starved or died at sea



A sickening toll of human misery



Broke the old clan system where land was there for all



And once the people had their backs against the wall



The connivance of the church cleared them off the land



"Remember it's God's will so don't try to make a stand"



They made a desert wher trees once stood



Squeezing from the land every penny that they could



Ethnic cleaning of the glens for farming sheep



'Cos that way there's more profit for the rich scum to reap (rape)







"Beautiful bleak moorland?"- I don't think so



This is a place where great forests used to grow



Laid waste by a rich man's greed



Reclaim the land and plant the seed



Yet still every year, seeking their roots



They come from overseas to kiss the boots



Of the clan chief and lick the hand



Of the very people who threw their families off the land



This is nothing more than a sick farce



paying homage to the ruling class



Who, without hesitation, do it all again



Those who forget history to repeat it are condemned







"Gee, Scotland-It's so quaint



All this scenery makes me feel quite



faint







Clan chief looks so good in his kilt



We never think of the blood his family spilt"







"I'm the clan chief o.k. yah



I support Scotland when they play rugger



But an independent country? there I'd draw the line



I own this land it's mine all mine







FUCK YOU, You arrogant prick



You inbred rich bastard, YOU MAKE ME FUCKING SICK



You own fuck all-except in your head



One day the land will be ours-and you'll be dead







I won't beg permission to walk the land they claim to "own"



And I won't pay no fucker to gain access to THE STONES



The rich have stolen and buy and sell our earth



But it belongs to NO ONE-or to all by right of birth







TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND



TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND



TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND



TAKE BACK THE LAND, TAKE BACK THE LAND







TAKE IT