Black Tar Roses - The Cattle Thief

Up there on a hill top in the distance there stands a tree
Seen the death of many men, born witness to such misery
Chained in the gibbet I see a man as I look up from beneath
"Don't worry Sir" I say, he lets go a shallow sigh of relief
And he looks at me real low, he opens his mouth he can barely speak
I quench his thirst and then what he tells me makes me want to weep

(Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh)
From boy to man I have sailed upon the seven seas
I served for the king and I fought for us to be free
My travels have taken me to places both far and wide
I've been blown by the winds and I've lived for the ebb of the tide
(Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh)

And he looked at me real low, his face said it all no words spoken
The fire had gone from his soul, this was a man who was broken
Take (Take) my hand, his striking green eyes looked in disbelief
Know (Know) this my friend, that I'm nothing more than a cattle thief
And he gave a sad smile oh he looked to be finally at peace

(Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh)
He continued his tale of the Ivory Coast and a wife
She was everything to me, she was my lover, my best friend, my life
On the ocean, I was her Captain and she was my Queen
Her ebony skin was the darkest that you'd ever seen

And he looked at me real low, his face said it all no words spoken
The fire had gone from his soul, this was a man who was broken
Take (Take) my hand, his striking green eyes looked in disbelief
Know (Know) this my friend, that I'm nothing more than a cattle thief
And he gave a sad smile oh he looked to be finally at peace

(Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh
Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh)

In the dark of night soldiers came and took his Queen away
They took her from him to be bought and sold as a slave
On the King's orders after all that he'd done
All that he gave, it was over
Now he hangs from this tree for his life with his ebony lover

Take my hand, his striking green eyes looked in disbelief
Know this my friend, that I'm nothing more than a cattle thief
And he gave a sad smile oh he looked to be finally at peace
And he gave a sad smile oh he looked to be finally at peace
And he gave a sad smile oh he looked to be finally at peace (Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh)
And he gave a sad smile oh he looked to be finally at peace (Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh)

Written by:
Darren Long

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