oh, Lord don't let them move my mountain
but give me the strength to climb
and Lord don't let them take away these ancient rocks
but leave them in the ground
Oh Lord they are blowin up the top of my mountain
and creating a deadly holler fill
full of poisons runnin down into my drinkin well
it seems like they don't care what they kill
and they start by rippin all of the trees out
so the miners can get down to the seam
they have dredged the bones of the dead up from the underground
and they're killing the place where i dream
now, if there were no mountains
Lord, i might forget to pray
and if there were no forests, Lord,
i know we'd lose our way
for i know the higher the mountain
the sweeter the victory
oh Lord ever remind us
your spirit moves through streams, hills and trees
The Malian band had their equipment destroyed by radical extremists; Sahel Sounds is donating all proceeds from this release to the band. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 6, 2024