Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff
Vocals
Jackie Jackson
Jackie Jackson
Bass
Dad Bryan
Dad Bryan
Guitar
Hux Brown
Hux Brown
Guitar
Winston Wright
Winston Wright
Keyboards
Gladstone Anderson
Gladstone Anderson
Piano
Tommy McCook
Tommy McCook
Saxophone
Bobby Ellis
Bobby Ellis
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff
Producer

Lyrics

There's a day of feasting and a day of famine
Day of sadness and a day of joy
You could see in the day of feasting
Life isn't just a little play-like toy
So the day arrived when you least expected
Cos you always thought you were well protected
Now you feel like a fish out of water
So now you're wondering what's the matter
Oh remember you said it wouldn't happen to you
Now you're thinking how to start a new
A drowning man will catch at a straw
You were warned but you wouldn't take heed
Everything in creation must obey a law
Its true in words as it is in deed
You were so puffed up in your pomps and pride
You're exposed you got none to hide
Yes, you used to look down on the folks beside you
Never they think you would have come down too
Remember they said you got to reap what you sow
Simple truth everybody know
Chorus
Oh what are you on a house of exile
Watching you now on your own last mile
Yes, what are you on a house of exile
Watching you now on your own last mile
Music interlude
Oh what are you on a house of exile
Watching you now on your own last mile
O OH what are you on a house of exile
Watching you now on your own last mile
Everything in creation must obey a law
Its true in words as it is in deed
Written by: Jimmy Cliff
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