Broken Song

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                                    We   sing the church hymns     in creole

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              Crocodiles cruise the river        be-low                         The

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 same as years be-fore    when the missionaries landed  They can make a meal out of
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 man or beast you know                 When they               Our customs
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      they were banned                Now the songline is broken         People are
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 choking   We're losing our di-rection      Culture is e-roding   I wish I could re-
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 member what my father tried to show me   And pick up      what's come un-done
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          Jesus can you mend this broken song
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                                      For the songline is broken         People are

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 choking   We're losing our di-rection      Culture is e-roding   I wish I could re-

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 member what my father tried to show me   And pick up      what's come un-done

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                                 Jesus can you mend this broken song

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                Broken song                                       Broken song

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       When the words have been for-got       Broken song                  When the

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 story has been lost     Broken song                      When the dancing has been

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 stopped                                  Jesus can you mend this broken song

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                            Broken song                                      Broken

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 song    can you mend this broken    Jesus can you mend this broken song    can you

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 mend this broken   Jesus can you mend this broken song

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2.When they came we layed down our spears
  Put on their clothes held our hands in prayer
  We lined up for rations we lined up in fear
  Of a God we didn't understand
  Our customs they were banned

3.For I am the song man for my tribe
  And I've got to find the words somehow tonight
  For they're depending on me to start this ceremony
  For so long we've never done

4.So can you help me mend this broken tune
  Do you know the words can you make them ring true
  There's no stars out tonight, there's no daylight yet in sight
  For me as I lay upon this grave