Black Tears

Fragile little thing

Go lightly on the wing

Don't be put off your game

If troubled windsShould blow you off your way

Natural love and trust

Have downed their tools

And struck that

The nation's heartIt rusts is no surprise

And seems so appropriate today

Black tears on a red rock

Fall right through and they dry upHow could it fail

To grab your attention?

Black tears on a red rock

These trees bear a strange fruit

Harvesting lies and poisonedBlossoms of the truth

There's blood on all our hands

And blood on our boots

And black tears on a red rockAn island watch house bed

A black man's lying dead

An island watch house bed

A black man's lying dead