Evan Greer - The Fence lyrics

In an old abandoned factory near a dying fire Three lovers lie, their tears have dried but they don't know what to do They hitchhiked to Miami and they hopped a couple trains But they never made it to the fence that day The new world never seemed so far away Their spirits dead, they shake their heads, scrub the teargas from their eyes And nurse the broken bones sustained while fighting for their lives The stun grenades, the barricades, the rubber bullet's sting The three take hands, they understand, one lover starts to sing that: We knew that the world could never be Anything more than what we could dream With the teargas all around we couldn't see But we never fought blindly We always knew that the new world was waiting Just beyond the fence A couple miles away in the county jail Sixteen new friends pa** the time learning each other's tales Let's sing a song for solidarity, a song against their lies: So through the bars sixteen voices rise: We knew that the world could never be Anything more than what we could dream With the teargas all around we couldn't see But we never fought blindly We always knew that the new world was waiting Just beyond the fence Outside the helicopter searchlights sweep down empty streets While all over town the people frown and sigh in disbelief They know the way it happened and they know that it was wrong So one by one each voice joins in the song: We knew that the world could never be Anything more than what we could dream With the teargas all around we couldn't see But we never fought blindly We always knew that the new world was waiting Just beyond the fence Back in cell-block C-5, they begin to hear a sound Through a tiny grated window they see people on the ground. Just beyond the wall, the silence falls Five-hundred voices drown, singing: You can lock us up but you can never keep us down Because we know that the world can never be Anything more than what we can dream With the teargas all around we cannot see But we will never fight blindly We will always know that the new world is waiting Just beyond the fence