Keepers & the Kindlers March

                     
[Capo II]
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When the first landriggers sailed out from  
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                         the mesas high and green
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To chart the trackless desert and the wonders yet unseen,
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These towers were built upon the cliffs and beacons set within
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To guide the sailors through the waste and safely home again;
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And we see backroom politics behind the men in power
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Who say the lights of the desert coast have
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                         have shone their final hour!

Chorus:
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We are the keepers and the kindlers
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     and the guardians of the night
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We are the hands that laid the mortar
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     for the towers that hold the light;
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The Sheriff pulls another light
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     from service every day
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And we must heed the summons,
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     but we will not obey!

Many is the trading ship en route to Port Bel Aire
Whose captain spied the Clayrock light and 
                         knew they'd soon be there,
And many lost on the Plain of Mirrors knew which way to go
When they saw off in the distrance the beacon's firey glow;
And those who call the desert tam'd and say the danger's past
Have never shot the pan with banshees screaming 'round the mast!

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Fatima from Clayrock, Mike from Heaven's Vent, Paul and 
               Mercy from Black Mesa light to prison went;
For though the townsfolk won't support 
               us and the sailors fear to strike,
We will bar the doors against you 
               and we'll give your dogs a fight!
And we the fam'lies of the jailed who dared to rally 'round
Will not rest until the cowards and 
               their cronies are brought down!

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