Thousands of Years

from A Point on the Map by Karen Law

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It took thousands and thousands of years
To make a nation
Just one for replacing the dreaming, and it's gone

Well you can't dress a dreamer in a suit and a tie
And you can't take away that look in his eye
All the hurt and the anger and the want to know why

It took thousands and thousands of years
To make a nation
Just one for replacing the dreaming, and it's gone

It's a question of people, it's a question of pride
It's a question of waiting not when to decide
And of too many men living on the inside

It took thousands and thousands of years
To make a nation
Just one for replacing the dreaming, and it's gone

It's the heart of this nation, it's six feet of air
It's a whole generation feel more than despair
For their fathers and mothers whose memory they share

But you can't dress a dreamer in a suit and a tie
And you can't take away that look in his eye
All the hurt and the anger and the want to know why

It took thousands and thousands of years
To make a nation
Just one for replacing the dreaming and it's gone
The dreaming and it's gone
The dreaming
And it's
gone.

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from A Point on the Map, released August 25, 1998

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Karen Law QLD, Australia

Karen Law is a contemporary folk singer-songwriter from Australia whose songs contain honest comfort and life-affirming insight.
Karen sings of journeys, both outer and inner, of healing, recovery and the eternal spirit.

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