It Won't Take Long Lyrics - Indigo Girls

they said some men would be warriors 

some men would be kings 

some men would be owners of land 

and other man-made things 

false love as the eternal flame 

would move some to think in rings 

and gold would be our power 

and other foolish things 

and you who dream of liberty 

must not yourselves be fooled 

before you get to plea for freedom 

you've agreed to being ruled 

if the body stays a shackle 

then the mind remains a chain 

and that will link you to your destiny 

where by other souls are slain 

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it won't take long 

it won't take too long at all 

three men in a desert wandering 

one is knowing and two are scared 

they say time is in the river 

oh but the river is not there 

dry in spirit 

dry in body 

two will lend themselves to death 

and in grief one weeps into his hands 

and drinks his bitter tears 

'cause it don't take long 

it don't take too long at all 

no it don't take long 

you may say 

i don't know what you're talking about 

and i say 

you mean to tell me that's all 

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and i stand before you now 

i am hopeful in my rage 

you know love has finally called for me 

i will not wilt upon its stage 

but you know still smaller than my nightmare 

now do i print upon the page 

and do we have to live inside its walls 

to identify the cage 

'cause it takes so long 

why does it take so long 

and it takes so long 

you may say 

i don't really care what you're talking about 

i'm gonna ask you 

you trying to tell me you don't belong 

i am my mother's daughter 

but i have seen myself in you 

it's this blessing that i follow now 

and so i must speak true 

i dreamed of thousands dying 

it was you and you and you 

and while the city sleeps so quietly 

there is something we must do 

and it wont' take long 

it won't take too long at all 

it won't take long 

may say 

i don't know if i wanna know what you're getting at 

it makes me wanna say 

so long 

grief shall come in measures 

only grief alone will know 

and you'll see it on your family 

and on your own face it will grow 

then they'll try to keep you hungry 

and they'll tell you to eat snow 

you know pride can be a moving thing 

if we learn the strength of no 

and it won't take long 

it won't take too long at all 

no it won't take long 

you may say 

i don't think this has anything to do with me 

did you ever think you could be wrong 

at noon on one day coming 

human strength will fill the streets 

of every city on our planet 

hear the sound of angry feet 

with business freezed up in the harbour 

the kings will pull upon their hair 

and the banks will shudder to a halt 

and the artists will be there 

'cause it won't take long 

it won't take too long at all 

no it won't take long 

and you may say 

i don't think i can be a part of that 

and it makes me want to say 

don't you want to see yourself that strong 

division between the peoples 

will disappear that honoured day 

and though oceans lie between us 

lifted candles light the way 

half will join their hands by moonlight 

the rest under the rising sun 

as underneath the sun and moon 

a ritualed wailing has begun 

and it won't take long 

it won't take too long at all 

and it won't take long 

and you may say 

i don't know how to be a part of what you're talking about 

and it makes me want to say 

come on 

come on 

oh beware you sagging diplomats 

for you will not hear one gun 

and though our homes be torn and ransacked 

we will not be undone 

for as we let ourselves be bought 

we're gonna let ourselves be free 

and if you think we stand alone 

take a look around and you will see 

we are children in the rafters 

we are babies in the park 

we are lovers at the movies 

we are candles in the dark 

we are changes in the weather 

we are snowflakes in july 

we are women grown together 

we are men who easily cry 

we are words no quickly spoken 

we're the deeper side of try 

we are dreamers in the making 

we are not afraid of why