EXILE

© Lyrics & Music by Dov Hammer May 2024

 

Spent 40 years in the wilderness on the way to the promised land

But there's never no rest for the wicked, no relief for an honest man

I was born in exile, and exile is what I am

 

Spend my days between hope and despair,

And the nights bring me no relief

I used to dream of getting away from here

Now the earth’s burning under my feet

But I was born in exile, and the flames seem to follow me

 

The sharks smell blood in the water, buzzards circling in the sky

In the farm lands down on the border, the crops are rotting on the vines

I was born in exile, but I’m not leaving this time

  

Moses shattered the tablets, and whacked the boulder with his rod

And even God in his heaven, drowned the whole world with his flood

You know I ain’t a saint or a prophet, I’m just one step past being fed up

 

Muddy Waters singing still a fool,

 Albert Collins says don’t lose your cool

William Clarke is blowing the family jewels,

Son Seals don’t hear nothing but the Blues

I’m a lifetime exile, and this is where I hear the truth