whirl away
Singer:smith, patti
hello friend i've come a-calling
sliding in at high noon like some reluctant sheriff
not want to get involved in it all
who stands guard for each other
why must we guard anything at all
from the earth's four corners the people are calling
forming equations but the questions are hard
all men are brothers killing each other
and mother earth is wringing in wonder
who stands guard for each other
why must we guard anything at all
there's a cross on the road
there's a great mill turning
you can hold on the blade and turn around forever
be flung into space into another kind of grace
who stands guard for each other
why must we guard anything at all
you lay in the fields of grain
the staff of life all around you
you will cut someone down for their possessions
and our children are being blown away like wishes in the wind
for the sake of their coat
or the colors of their coat
or the color of their skin
or the name on their shoes
and the mother cries why they taken my son?"