Abraham Lyrics - Singles - Keelaghan James

I had a dream the other night when all the world was still 

That I walked out with Abraham below a fortess on a hill 

We looked across the Saint Charles River to the heights that bear his Name 

And talked of things that had transpired since the last time that he came 

Says I on these fields grazed your cattle raised on these your kith and kin 

And on this field was fiery battle Montcalm to lose and Wolfe to win 

Says he but they both died of wounds infliced by the cannonade 

These wounds it seems were never healed, they fester to this day 

Abraham 

When will this fighting end 

When will we learn to recognize 

Who is foe and who is friend 

Abraham 

This field that bears your name 

For one a field of victory 

For one a field of shame 

What of your children Abraham dispersed from this your plain 

The continent they conquered though they did it in another's name 

The land they won but for their strife the profits went astray 

The money never crossed their palms or let them have their say 

Abraham 

Are we sometimes bound by pride 

Too mindful of our hopes and dreams to let the anger slide 

Abraham 

Abraham 

When will this fighting end 

When will we learn to recognize 

Who is foe and who is friend 

Abraham 

This field that bears your name 

For one a field of victory 

For one a field of shame 

What of the future Abraham will we achieve some peace 

From these solitudes we wander in will there be a release 

Will my children learn to find a way to bridge the distance I have not 

To learn the scars of history are sometimes best forgotten 

And I had a dream the other night when all the world was still 

That I walked out with Abraham that Abraham was living still 

And in the dream we parted, as families oftimes will 

Our questions left unanswered though not through lack of will 

Abraham 

The questions linger on 

There is no hope in all this strife 

There is no right or wrong 

Abraham 

This field that bears your name 

For one a field of victory 

For one a field of shame 

Abraham