River of Tears

There's a cold rain on the Autumn wind

A brother murdered in Sydney Town

Marrickville brother under supposed legal cover

In his home they gunned him down

We say oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Gunned him down

Sad river of tears

Two hundred years in the river of fear

Gunned him down

They took him out at point-blank range

In his home with his small young son

Shot him dead in his Marrickville bed

With a pump action 12 gauge shotgun

Fatherless child and a grieving wife

A black fugitive on the run

On the run from two centuries of oppression's loaded gun

We say oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Gunned him down

Sad river of tears

Two hundred years in the river of fear

Gunned him down

Terrorists dressed in uniform

Under the protection of their law

Terrorise blacks in dawns of fear

They come smashin' through your door

You're not safe out there on freedom street

You're not safe inside the can

For their shotguns and their stunt gas

They're licenced to drop you where you stand

We say oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Sad river of tears

Two hundred years in the river of fear

Gunned him down

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Gunned him down

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Gunned him down

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh