zap (Patriotic)--Track 4: (I Stood on the) Rock of Gibraltar

"(I Stood on the) Rock of Gibraltar" words and music by Andreas Duus Pape (c) 2003-2004 Andreas Duus Pape (listen) I stood on the rock of Gibraltar I took a stand at Tiananmen Square I fought the good fight in Trafalger I wasn't really there I saw Martin walking up to Lincoln When he had that dream, you know I heard I never had so much hope as then I wasn't really there I remember the day I heard about that proclamation It was a sunny June nineteenth, in 'sixty-five It was a time of rebirth for the whole nation But not for me, I wasn't alive I threw that tea way out into the harbor I raised a musket to be free I killed myself a couple of Brits, now Hold on, wait a second, that wasn't me I stood on the shores of old Hawaii I saw the planes on horizon far A thousand screams rose all around me I wasn't really there. I fought on the side of the Italians To this day I don' know what we fought for Mussolini was one of the good guys I wasn't really there. I saw Lenin roll back into Russia I was in the teeming mass on the city square I saw him pump his fist into the sky now I wasn't really there. I saw the tank get gotten way down in Cuba I saw old Che take City Hall Fidel gave me a puff of his last cigar I wasn't there at all I raised my kids on the rock of Gibraltar I took them all to see Tiananmen Square I told them how I fought back in Trafalger I wasn't really there (prev) . (up) . (next) email me (Patriotic)