Gone are the Days [Song]

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GONE ARE THE DAYS
By Ras Shorty I and the Love Circle

Lay-la, lay-la, lay-la
Lay-la, lay-la, lay-la
La-la la la la la-la la
Lay-la, lay-la, lay-la

It is dem canefields, dem slum yards, dem highways and dem ghettos
That come between you and me.
And all dem wayward children searching
In darkness without guidance for their ancestry.
I see the rich, I see the poor on the land
In a ball of confusion they living,
The old ent care, the young ent listening.

Gone are dem days when we were together
Gone are dem times when we loved each other
No more smiling face, no more warm embrace
In my home I'm like a stranger.

I lamenting...

Lay-la, lay-la, lay-la
Lay-la, lay-la, lay-la

There are memories of instant graveyards
Though you tend to turn your sleeping eyes further away
From the protesting voice of the people
Leading a justified struggle to find a better way
I see the weak, I see the poor on the land
One man, one history, one culture in conflict with one another.

Gone are dem days when we were together
Gone are dem times when we loved each other
No more smiling face, no more warm embrace
In my home I'm like a stranger.

I lamenting...

Lay-la, lay-la, lay-la
La-la la la la la-la la
Lay-la, lay-la, lay-la...

Brother, sister, friend and neighbour
I see them walking down the same old road with problems on their mind
And though thousands of people walking by, thousands of distant voices cry
And the whole world remain blind
But I am a man and I must go on on the land
I'll pretend that there is no burden though I am all alone and forgotten.

Gone are dem days when we were together
Gone are dem times when we loved each other
No more smiling face, no more warm embrace
In my home I'm like a stranger.

Lay-la, lay-la, lay-la
Ay ya-ya ya yaye....
Lay-la, lay-la, lay-la...

The Original Version

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Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance! ..............................................................................................................................



A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Ras Shorty I.  

"Gone are dem days when we were together..."

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare