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"Women Across The River" (Words and music by David Olney)
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(D)The women across the river
Carry (G)water from the well at the break of (D)day
And they (D)talk to one another
(G)God only knows what they might (D)say
You might (G)get an education after years of dedication
You might finally get a glimpse of what is right
And what is (D)wrong
The women across the river (A)well, they knew that all (D)along
(D)Women across the river
Work with (G)tools that are ancient and hand-(D)made
They (D)plough the fields in perfect rows
And (G)then, they rest beneath the (D)shade
Now we (G)have learned to build out of concrete out of steel
And our buildings last a thousand years
But then even they are bound to (D)fall
But the women across the river, (A)never learned to build a (D)wall
(D)The women across the river
Are as (G)gentle as the dew upon the (D)ground
I (D)love to hear them laughing in the (G)rain
When it makes the perfect (D)sound
Now a (G)soldier with a gun and a battle to be won
Might kill you with a bullet and you'd never even know the reason (D)why
But the women across the river, (A)they can kill you with their (D)eyes
The women across the river, (A)they can kill you with their (D)eyes
(David Olney/Hayes Court Music/Irving Music Inc, BMI)