Words

Up in The Highlands

Up in the highlands
There’s a roar in the wind
We all want the work
No one can settle down or settle in
Up in the highlands
The bossman marks you with a grin

Up in the highlands
The thunder is all around
You can hear it in the sky, feel it in your heart
Feel it in the ground
Up in the highlands
The bad days are all around

Up in the highlands
There’s hours but there’s no pay
I drink to numb the pain and I’m scanning the terrain
For an better day
Cause up in the highlands your justice gets away

Up in the highlands
We’re balanced on a wire
Money from the tourists
Fireworks in the sky like a funeral pyre
Up in the highlands our sadness lift up the spire

Up in the highlands the adders got steel teeth
You can buy the medicine, you can find the doctor
But there’s no relief
Cause up in the highlands
You can’t blame the beggars or the thieves

Up in the highlands
You sleep in the bed you made
Machines are off to rust, your bones are off to dust
Your debt is never paid
Up in the highlands
A broken melody starts to play

Up in the highlands

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