Who gives you the right to come here and tell me I have to leave this place my home To you it's a jungle, to me it's a kingdom Where (my) people are free there to roam Born with the stars we are happy and peaceful 'til now we were left undisturbed But you rupture the forests our gardens And fill them with filth from your cities unheard
Savage, who is savage Leave your morals, stake your claim Savage, you are savage Modern man can take the blame
You poisoned my tribe with civilized progress Baptizing our blood with disease You christened our bodies with sadness and suffering Saying then that your God is well-pleased What have we done to deserve such injustice Explain to us please if you can But you can't, no you can't, we can see it in your eyes Of us both who's the primitive man
Savage, who is savage Leave your morals, stake your claim Savage, you are savage Modern man can take the blame
You poisoned my tribe with civilized progress Baptizing our blood with disease You christened our bodies with sadness and suffering Saying then that your God is well-pleased What have we done to deserve such injustice Explain to us please if you can But you can't, no you can't, we can see it in your eyes Of us both who's the primitive man
Savage, savage Savage, savage Who's the savage Modern man Who's the savage Modern man
Beyond the realms of death
He had enough He couldn't take anymore He'd found a place In his mind and slammed the door No matter how they tried They couldn't understand They washed and dressed him Fed him by hand
Yeah! I've left the world behind I'm safe here in my mind Free to speak with my own kind This is my life, this is my life I'll decide not you
Withdrawn he'd sit there Stare blank into space No sign of life Would flicker on his face Until one day he smiled It seemed as though with pride The wind kissed him Goodbye - and then he died
Yeah! I've left the world behind I'm safe here in my mind Free to speak with my own kind This is my life, this is my life I'll decide not you
Keep the world with all it's sin It's not fit for livin' in Yeah! I will start again It can take forever, and ever, and ever And ever, but I'll still win.
How many like him, Are there still But to us, all Seem to have lost the will They lie in thousands Plagued and lost Is nothing worth this bitter cost
Yeah! I've left the world behind I'm safe here in my mind Free to speak with my own kind This is my life, this is my life I'll decide not you
Keep the world with all it's sin It's not fit for livin' in
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