THIRTY THOUSAND MILK BOTTLES

5. THIRTY THOUSAND MILK BOTTLES
(BradfieldJones)

Thirty thousand bottles
In a generation's hands
Holding hope consistent
Clutching cold nourishment
Thirty thousand bottles
In a generation's hands
Thirty thousand milk bottles
For this is our demand

Thirty thousand bottles
Shall remember the love
Pouring back justice
From all that was culled
Reclaiming lives from the damned
For this is our land
For this is our land

Thirty thousand bottles
One for each lonely death
They must not be in vain
for the memory of the dispossessed
Thirty thousand bottles
They must not be in vain
Forever they shall
They shall remain

Thirty thousand bottles
Building beliefs and bones
A shared understanding
Beneath their gilded thrones
Thirty thousand bottles
In a generation's hands
Thirty thousand milk bottles
For this is our demand

Thirty thousand bottles
Shall remember the love
Pouring back justice
From all that was culled
Reclaiming lives from the damned
For this is our land
For this is our land

Thirty thousand bottles
One for each lonely death
They must not be in vain
for the memory of the dispossessed
Thirty thousand bottles
They must not be in vain
Forever they shall
They shall remain