Phil Collins - Colours Lyrics

Complimentary "Colours" Ringtone

Deep inside the border 
Children are crying 
Fighting for food 
Holding their heads 
Breaking their bread with a stone 

All along the roadside 
people are standing 
watching the sun 
shielding their eyes 
Brushing the flies from their face 

Tell me, what can you say 
Tell me, who do you blame 
Like a mirror you see yourself 
These people each have a name 

All around the township 
Young men are dying 
(of) hunger and thirst 
The well has run dry 
The tears from her eye feeds her son 

Tell me... 

You can say you're pulling back 
We see the pictures everywhere 
But what we don't see is what's 
Going on behind the closed doors 
And you don't seem to care 

Do you expect me to believe you 
How can you really think 
You can take your horse down to the water 
Hold a gun at his head 
And make him drink 

No matter what you say, it never gets any better 
No matter what you do, we never see any change 

People living without rights 
Without their dignity 
How loud does one man have to shout 
To earn his right to be free 

You can keep your toy soldiers 
To segregate the black and white 
But when the dust settles 
And the blood stops running 
How do you sleep at night? 

No matter what you say... 

What makes you so high and mighty 
What makes you so qualified 
You can sit there and say 
How many have their freedom 
But how many more have died 

You decide to sit in judgement 
Trying to play God yourself 
Someday soon the buck is gonna stop 
Stop with you and noone else 

No matter... 

Complimentary "Colours" Ringtone

lyrics submitted by klaas de vries on 29-10-2004