Cain Is Rising Lyrics - Singles - Oh Susanna

Hey, Mr. Politician 

You say that it is time to fight this holy war 

But I don't need no television 

To see one is raging out my back door 

When I saw those towers tumble 

You know I got down on my knees and prayed 

But when you're living this jungle 

You see sons and daughters dying every day 

Cain is rising on that horizon 

Cain is rising on that horizon 

You know the men they took my husband 

And left him bleeding in a cold, stone cell 

And from a fifteen story window 

My little sister's baby daughter fell 

And then you have the nerve to tell me 

Just how and when my tears should fall 

Hey mister, it's a wonder 

It's a wonder, I can shed them, tears at all 

Cain is rising on that horizon 

Cain is rising on that horizon 

They say this land has got its freedom 

Say this land has got its liberty 

But for the few to have their kingdom 

All the rest must live in poverty 

Some say we had it coming 

Say its chickens coming home to roost 

And though I don't believe in fighting 

I know some people just got nothing left to lose 

Cain is rising on that horizon 

Cain is rising on that horizon