Lyrics Roger Waters – To The Windward Isles

REVOLUTIONARY SLAVE
To the Windward Isles

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It comes today

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The wind of change blows this way

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Blows this way

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In Sante Domingo and elsewhere
To slaves of sugar and despair

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Silver, sugar, indigo
Silver, sugar, indigo
Silver, sugar, indigo
Silver, sugar, indigo
Silver, sugar, indigo
Silver, sugar, indigo
Silver, sugar, indigo
Silver, sugar, indigo
Make even the wisest man «idiot!»
Make even the wisest man «idiot!»

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Bring freedom to the

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Colonies
Act on principle

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Equality, fraternity and

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Are

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Not just words after all

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But

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Sugar is sweet

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And

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Coffee is strong
Hope goes down with the sun

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And

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The sun goes down behind

CONDORCET & MARIE MARIANNE
Mountains of silver
Valleys of sugar
And shiploads of indigo
Make even the wisest man «idiot!»

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Make even the wisest man «idiot!»

MARIE MARIANNE
So come ye ships
Across the sea
Let’s case into the deep
This shame and misery
In Paris they condemn our rage
Condorcet stands his ground and says:

CONDORCET
My friends if we believe in freedom
Then we must unlock this cage

COMPANY
Vive Condorcet, hear him scold them,
The frigid reactionary old men
Good God above it’s over
Enough is enough
Enough, enough, enough
To the Windward Isles
Revolution has arrived
They will only free us when
They need us to fight for them

CONDORCET & MARIE MARIANNE
Cast into the deep sea
This shame and this misery
Silver, sugar and indigo
Make even the wisest man «idiot!»

CHORUS
Make even the wisest man «idiot!»

COMPANY
«Idiot!»