Lyrics

Lord, I was born
In cotton and in corn
My mother, she was poor
From her arms I was torn

Transported from dirt floor
To manicured lawns
Kidnapped by a king
A castled little pawn

Cassandra?s Song-ong-ong (Chorus)
Cassandra?s Song-ong-ong

Ferried off to school
The lesson there was cruel
Treated like a mule
A clown and a fool

Picking in the fields
Cracking whip boot heels
Baited on the hook
Cursed by cruel good looks

(Chorus)

Hardened to the feel
Of cold run-through (running) steel
Flaying of the skin
Like ripened orange peel

Drinking whiskey beer
Fleeing fawn and deer
Jumping in the stream
Fleeing perch and bream

(Chorus)

Watching Dogs of War
Roar and bark for more
Spearing on their forks
Boiled shrimp and pork

The raiders are all here
Spreading hate and fear
Splitting all the goods
In shrouded whitened hoods

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Sitting in the church
A songbird on a perch
Praying that my heart
Is not ripped apart

Screaming in the fields
Mouths that cry for meals
Hanging from the beams
All my childhood dreams

(Chorus)