Empire Of Crime

from When The Pubs Are Dying...Folk Ashes Remain Unbeaten by Brutus' Daughters

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WHEN THE SUN CAME DOWN
HE WAS TREATED LIKE A CLOWN
HE WAS BEING TAKEN AWAY
FROM HIS NATIVE SOIL AND TOWN
POOR TOWN

FORCED IN TO SLAVERY
`CAUSE HE WAS SEEN AS BLACK
A COLOUR LIKE A STIGMA
HE HAD TO CARRY ON
HIS BACK

A LIFE WAS WASTED
BY THEIR MASTERS´ OWN DESIRE
`CAUSE THEY NEEDED A SERVANT
TO BUILD THEIR WHITE EMPIRE
OF CRIME

HE HAD TO SERVE A MISTRESS
HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TALK
NOR EVEN DID HE PROVE
THE FREEDOM HE TOUGHT OF
WHEN YOUNG

HE HAD NEVER THE CHANCE
TO SEE HIS FAMILY
ALONE DURING HIS YOUTH
INSTEAD OF MAKING TRUE
HIS DREAMS

A LIFE WAS WASTED
BY THEIR MASTERS´ OWN DESIRE
`CAUSE THEY NEEDED A SERVANT
TO BUILD THEIR WHITE EMPIRE
OF CRIME

ONE DAY HE WAS BOUGHT
BY A MAN HE DIDN´T KNOW
TO A SCHOOL HE WENT AND LEARNT
THE MASTER´S FAULT
TRADERS WERE AFRAID
OF THAT TIM HE COULD ESCAPE
GET THEIR FREEDOM WAS THE END
KNOWLEDGE PUTS THE REST

WHEN THE SUN CAME DOWN
HE WAS TREATED LIKE A CLOWN
HE WAS BEING TAKEN AWAY
FROM HIS NATIVE SOIL AND TOWN POOR TOWN

FORCED IN TO SLAVERY
`CAUSE HE WAS SEEN AS BLACK
A COLOUR LIKE A STIGMA
HE HAD TO CARRY ON
HIS BACK

A LIFE WAS WASTED
BY THEIR MASTERS´ OWN DESIRE
`CAUSE THEY NEEDED A SERVANT
TO BUILD THEIR WHITE EMPIRE
OF CRIME

A LIFE WAS RESCUED
BY THE MONEY OF THE LORD
I ASK MYSELF IF THERE ARE COINS
TO PAY THE YEARS
HE ONCE LOST

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from When The Pubs Are Dying...Folk Ashes Remain Unbeaten, released January 1, 2010

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Brutus' Daughters Madrid, Spain

Irene - Vocals
Miki - Bass
Pablo - Guitar
Rebe - Drums
Lorena - Fiddle
Xipla - Bagpipes

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