Abraham Lyrics

I had a dream the other night when all the world was still That I walked out with Abraham below a fortess on a hill We looked across the Saint Charles River to the heights that bear his Name And talked of things that had transpired since the last time that he came Says I on these fields grazed your cattle raised on these your kith and kin And on this field was fiery battle Montcalm to lose and Wolfe to win Says he but they both died of wounds infliced by the cannonade These wounds it seems were never healed, they fester to this day Abraham When will this fighting end When will we learn to recognize Who is foe and who is friend Abraham This field that bears your name For one a field of victory For one a field of shame What of your children Abraham dispersed from this your plain The continent they conquered though they did it in another's name The land they won but for their strife the profits went astray The money never crossed their palms or let them have their say Abraham Are we sometimes bound by pride Too mindful of our hopes and dreams to let the anger slide Abraham Abraham When will this fighting end When will we learn to recognize Who is foe and who is friend Abraham This field that bears your name For one a field of victory For one a field of shame What of the future Abraham will we achieve some peace From these solitudes we wander in will there be a release Will my children learn to find a way to bridge the distance I have not To learn the scars of history are sometimes best forgotten And I had a dream the other night when all the world was still That I walked out with Abraham that Abraham was living still And in the dream we parted, as families oftimes will Our questions left unanswered though not through lack of will Abraham The questions linger on There is no hope in all this strife There is no right or wrong Abraham This field that bears your name For one a field of victory For one a field of shame Abraham