How Solitary Lies the Nation
How
Once so full of people
Once great amongst nations
Now become a widow
Once great amongst nations
Now put to forced labor
Bitterly she weeps in the night
Tears run down her cheeks
she has no one to bring her
comfort among all that love her
all her friends turn traitor and become her enemy
And when the sun rests in the west,
hope that we have done our best,
guide us through another day,
O Jah, to you I pray.
The world needs rearranging
Life continue after you and me
Play your part, let man be free
Save your people and
bless your own
Guide them Jah, carry them home
One thing I ask,
one thing I seek
Give us strength,
help the weak
O Jah, Jah, to you I pray
Guide us through another
day
I will sing a new song to you,
Oja, poetry to the music
of the drum and bass,
Oja, you who gave victory to kings,
rescue me, snatch me from the
power of foreign foes,
whose every world is false,
and all their oaths are perjury.
For everything you see in me,
O Jah, Jah, Jah, I praise Thee.
For life and happiness
and the will to be free,
O Jah, Jah, I praise Thee.
For everything you see in me
Oh Jah, Jah, I praise thee
For life and happiness
and the will to be free
Oh Jah, Jah, I praise thee
And when the sun sets in the west
Hope that we have done our best
Guide us through an other day
Oh Jah, to you I pray
The world needs rearranging
Life will continue after
you and me
Play your part, let man be free
O Jah, Jah, to you I pray
Guide us through another day
For life and happiness
and the will to be free
O Jah, I praise Thee
Times are changing,
the world needs rearranging
Life continue
after you and me,
play your part, let man be free