To Be A Bridge

Composer(s)
David Mills
Lyricist(s)
David Mills
Performer(s)
David Mills

Bless These Seeds (CD)

To Be A Bridge

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Lyrics

Met him on the poor side of Richmond town

A place the other side don't know

Givin' all he could from a centre of love

To those with nowhere else to go

Though from slavery blood he came

For the white end of town he could feel no blame

And if you walked with him far you would hear him say

If you're going to be a bridge you've got to be prepared to be

walked on over and over again

To reach the other side you' ve got to be prepared to be talked

to over and over again;

You may feel alone if no-one comes with you,

Misunderstood, a victim of scorn

But if there's a bridge a hand can reach another hand

Life was tough and times were hard

He knew how far a guy could fall

But in spite of his past and the hurts of his race

He could hear a voice inside him call

"To reach out across the divide,

To the centre of power on the other side"

And as he went on his way, you could hear him say

If you're going to be a bridge you've got to be prepared to be

walked on over and over again

To reach the other side you' ve got to be prepared to be talked

to over and over again;

You may feel alone if no-one comes with you,

Misunderstood, a victim of scorn

But if there's a bridge a hand can reach another hand

Met him in the centre of Richmond town,

A place that all the bankers know

Givin' all he could to those friends he had made,

The guys who really ran the show

And they loved him as one of their own

'Cos he'd shown them a world they had never known,

Now he has gone on his way, but I can still hear him

If you're going to be a bridge you've got to be prepared to be

walked on over and over again

To reach the other side you' ve got to be prepared to be talked

to over and over again;

You may feel alone if no-one comes with you,

Misunderstood, a victim of scorn

But if there's a bridge a hand can reach another hand

Music type
Song
Music type
Song