Laura Nyro - Lite A Flame (The Animal Rights Song) текст песни

In the zoo

they gave him a cage


circus put a sparkle

on his face

away from life

the elephant walks

shadow across a dream

lost for ivory



oh, freedom

lite a flame



it's like prejudice

for the color of your skin

prejudice for a woman

prejudice for an animal

like the elephant

of the plain



masai moon

in the morningrise

Africa—

the world comes alive

a matriarch

leads the tribe

to the sweet water

the cool feelin'

and the way to survive



oh, freedom

lite a flame



it's like prejudice

for the color of your skin

prejudice for a woman

prejudice for an animal

like the elephant

of the plain



of the plain

for greed, not need

societies sleep

lead the killing hand on—



young ones

full of spark

a wave of birds

across the park

kids climbing

sliding, riding free

elephant child hiding

behind a tree



prejudice

for an animal

like the elephant

of the plain