Fatshe leso lea halalela [The land of our ancestors is holy]
Fatshe leso lea halalela

Shadowland
The leaves have fallen
This shadowed land
This was our home

The river's dry
The ground has broken
So I must go
Now I must go

And where the journey may lead me
Let your prayers be my guide
I cannot stay here, my family
But I'll remember my pride

Prideland
I have no choice
My land
I will find my way
Tear-stained
Lea halalela
Dry land
Take this
Take this prayer
With you
What lies out there
Fatshe leso
Lea halalela

And where the journey may lead you
Let this prayer be your guide
Though it may take you so far away
Always remember your pride

Fatshe leso lea halalela
Fatshe leso lea halalela
Fatshe leso lea halalela

And where the journey may lead you
Let this prayer be your guide
Though it may take you so far away
Always remember your pride

And where the journey may lead you
Giza buyabo, giza buyabo
Let this prayer be your guide
I will return, I will return

Beso bo
Though it may take you so far away
Giza buyabo, I will return
Always remember your pride
Giza buyabo, oh giza buyabo

Beso bo, my people, beso bo

(Steve Earle)

Way out yonder, where the wild wind blows
There's a place there lonely fools can go
Where if you hold your money, it'll burn your hand
So you buy you a ticket to the shadowland

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Down the highway, down the road I'm bound
And my heart keeps poundin' and the wheels go 'round
And it's a hard place for a mortal man
And a heartbroke pilgrim in the shadowland

Yeah, when I was younger I could hold my own
My right hand was thunder and my left was stone
Now I ain't as handsome as I was back then
So I'm takin' my chances in the shadowland

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Been down a thousand highways and they're all the same
Another empty place where I can hide my shame
And there's a heartache waitin' up around the bend
For a lonesome stranger in the shadowland

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Released under watchful skies
into a town I didn't recognize
I was a tourist with no story
lost in this purgatory
Escaped the smell of chalk and shame
pledged a classroom in my name
The PTA won't bless me
and the yearbook will assess me
I walked down these familiar streets
now filled with circus freaks
Your plans are as useful as a baby's hand
There's no planning in Shadow...

Shadowland (x9)

I chased you round the chimney stacks
the burnt earth pressed into our backs
It was so dark I just don't know what I kissed
and I couldn't even see what i missed
You walked me across freedom fields
my shadow was a forcefield
I want to float upon my memories
not sink into the gloaming seas of

Shadowland (x20)

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