River Of Tears - The Drones

There’s a cold rain on the Autumn wind

A brother murdered in Sydney Town

Marrickville brother under legal cover

In his home they gunned him down

And we say oh oh oh oh oh ooooooh

They shot him down

Sad river of tears

Two hundred years in the river of fear

They took him out at point blank range

In his home with his small young son

Shot him dead in his Marrickville bed

With a pump action 12 gauge shotgun

Oh oh oh oh oh oooooh

They shut him down

And we say oh oh oh oh oooooh

Sad river of tears

Two hundred years in the river of fear

He left a fatherless child and a grieving wife

A black fugitive on the run

Runing from two centuries

Of oppressions loaded gun

We say oh oh oh oh oh oooooh

They shoot you down

Sad river of tears

Two hundred years in the river of fear

They shoot you down

Sad river of tears

Two hundred years in the river of fear

Terrorists dressed in uniform

Under the protection of their law

Terrorize blacks in dawns of fear

They come crashin' through your door

You’re not safe out there on freedom street

You’re not safe inside the «can»

For with their shotguns and their stunt gas

They’re licensed to drop you where you stand

There’s a cold rain on the Autumn wind

A brother murdered in Sydney Town

Marrickville brother under legal cover

In his home they gunned him down

You’re not safe out there on freedom’s street

You’re not safe inside the «can»

For with their shotguns and their stunt gas

They’re licensed to drop you where you stand