In the land of your father's father's father's father's father's father's home
I scaled this peak for you
I sailed the seven seas for you
I lay upon my back and let the sunshine pour all over me
I lay upon my back and let the sunshine pour all over me
I lay upon my back and let the sunshine pour all over me
In the land of the chosen lie the reasons
Your time will come your river it will run
Summer skies will light your eyes
As some would say
It's apartheid in the USA
I know because I've seen it
Who's the best Nintendo player in the west ?
Now he's on his knees
But can't get blessed
Salman Rushdie only said it for the fame
Bring out your dead ones
Lyrics by:
Brown / Ibrahim
Format:
Released 1997:
See The Dawn / Come Again (Polydor, 3785, French promo CD)
Also available on:
My Star (as b side) (5.52)
Details:
See The Dawn is an average b-side.
A couple of lines are from the Roses' Your Time Will Come ("Your time will come, your river it will run. Summer skies will light your eyes").
Salman Rushdie's (1947 - ) book 'The Satanic Verses', released in 1989, caused controversy in the Fundamentalist Muslim world, due to the book's irreverent depiction of the prophet Muhammad. A fatwa promising his execution was placed on him by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran, on 14th February 1989, calling his book "blasphemous against Islam."
Goldfinger recreated John Lennon's vocals near the end of 'Borrowed Time' (from his 'Milk And Honey' album) for his cameo piece at the end of live versions of See The Dawn.
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