Sins Of The Fathers - UB40

Once upon a time

And not so long ago

When things were much more simple

And time would travel slow

There came a righteous stranger

With a Bible in his hand

To educate the sinners

And liberate their land

The sins of the fathers

Are visited from old

In a never ending circle

Of people bought and sold

So the wretched of the earth

Will huddle from the cold

As the ship of fools goes sailing

On an ocean black as gold

So come and sit beside me

And let my tale unfold

Of a land of milk and honey

Where the truth must not be told

As men of rhyme and reason

Let the Devil take their soul

For greed and fame and fortune

And a river black as gold

The sins of the fathers

Are visited from old

In a never ending circle

Of people bought and sold

So the wretched of the earth

Will huddle from the cold

As the ship of fools goes sailing

On an ocean black as gold

And all the non-believers

Were hiding from the light

As a thousand burning crosses

Were scattered in the night

The thieves and the vagabonds

Were sinking in the sand

As the righteous Lord and Master

Stretches out a helping hand

The sins of the fathers

Are visited from old

In a never ending circle

Of people bought and sold

So the wretched of the earth

Will huddle from the cold

As the ship of fools goes sailing

On an ocean black as gold

And those who had to suffer

The sick, the young, the old

Were sacrificed to fortune

And left out in the cold

So in this new arrangement

The leaders sold their soul

For bangles, beads and baubles

And a river black as gold

The sins of the fathers

Are visited from old

In a never ending circle

Of people bought and sold

So the wretched of the earth

Will huddle from the cold

As the ship of fools goes sailing

On an ocean black as gold

The sins of the fathers

Are visited from old

In a never ending circle

Of people bought and sold

So the wretched of the earth

Will huddle from the cold

As the ship of fools goes sailing

On an ocean black as gold