Here in the old country she Grew up just as they said Trying to make up for what was missing As the land faded to red Here in the old country hair falls coarsely round their necks Having your wits about you Can hurt more than it protects So let the sugar cane ashes Fall to your feet Let it pile up around you 'Till your in it waist deep And when it all changes And the harvest is large Let it pile up to your shoulders that dealt all them scars With every fiber of his muscle He bare down on her back The cane would rip the air of its breath And turned the sun black She fall down to her knees Down so much a whisper please save the child We know now when she dreamed (Refrain) Red moon turns a red horizon What's burning to leave the tongue Here in the old country moon And turns a blood red A warning all those Who dare to forget But burning of cane fires Gives us the winters keep And a barricade of burning tires For those who dared to sleep So let the sugar cane ashes fall to your feet Let them pile up around you till your in it waist deep And when it all changes and the harvest is large Let it pile up to your shoulders that dealt all them scars (Refrain) Red moon turns a red horizon What's burning to leave the tongue Red moon turns a red horizon What's burning now? leader tongue?