Lyrics

South Georgia

South Georgia
They took what they could get
And when the last whale had sung, your southern seas silenced,
That’s when they left

Oh the tears you must have cried
Your darlings killed before your very eyes
Dragged ashore by the tens of thousands
It left you as a shadow of an island

I feel you South Georgia
Your beating heart
How I wish that I could change the past
I feel you South Georgia
We are family
Not until your waters are full of life again
Can I truly be complete

South Georgia
Do whales mourn their families
And to their children and theirs
Do they pass on history

And when they sing, is it the blues
Just like people do
So many the ties that bind us
We’re all made out of the same stuff

I feel you South Georgia
Your beating heart
How I wish that I could change the past
I feel you South Georgia
We are family
Not until your waters are full of life again
Can I truly be complete

Not until your waters are full of life again
Can I truly be complete

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