Not like the brazen giant of greek fame
with conquering limbs astride from land to land
here at our sea-washed sunset gates shall stand
a mighty woman with a torch
Bridge: Whose flame is the imprisoned lightning
and her name Mother of Exiles
Refrain: You can live if you want to be free
in the land of the thousand dreams
You can breath really free, if you only mind to see
that the only one who can free you is the Lord
From her beacon hand glows world-wide welcome
her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbour ( that twin cities frame )
" Keep ancient lands your storied pomp ", cries she
with silent lips," give me your tired, your poor "
Bridge: Your huddled masses yearning to be free
the wretched refuse of your teeming shore
Refrain
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me
I lift my lamp beside the golden door, please
Refrain: You can live if you want to be free
in the land of the thousand dreams
for this we will fight, we will shout and we will cry
`cause this is the only dream of the world
You can breath really free, if you only mind to see
that the only one who can free you is the Lordone night upon my motorcycle
through the desert sped
and smashed my body so bad
all my friends thought i was dead
my sister held me close and whispered to my bleeding head,
"you are the son of a motherfucker"
one, two, three, four
i shook all night and held her hand
chocolate people well i'll be damned
land of plenty, land of fun
to find out i'm nimrod's son
oh bury me, far away please, bury me
ahhh... the joke has come upon me
in my motorcycle mirror i think about the life i've led
and how my soul's been aching all the holes where i have bled
my image spoke to me, yes to me and often said,
"you are the son of incestuous union"
one, two, three
now my head is clear
my luke hands washed
my daughter's pure
my son is whole
land of plenty, land of fun
to find out i'm nimrod's son
oh bury me, far away please, bury me
ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, the joke has come upon me