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On Palastine Tab

by Jj Grey And Mofro


On Palastine
By JJ Grey and Mofro

Intro     

                                                             
That stormy morning felt like a dream 
                                                                                     
he told me then  of what he'd seen 

                                                                     
A child a man  in times gone bad 
                                                                    
faces of stone  lined hard and sad 

                                               
One Sunday day  they all came home 
                                                
all that they had  was burned and gone 
                                                     
The timber men  their pistols gleamed 
                                              
a lifetime lost  on Palastine 


                                               
He made a stand  he would not run 
                                                    
he dropped the hoe  and picked up the gun 

                                                         
And then one night he disappeared 
                                                  
it fed the worst of all their fears 

                              
They found him quiet  high in a tree 
                                                     
he flew away  from Palastine
 
                                                     
Then came the day  they moved away 
                                                                            
more gunmen came they could not stay 

                    
To Glen St. Mary  to Olustee 
                                                                              
but we still dream  of Palastine