The Sisters

by Renaissance

From the album: Novella

Track 2 of 16 on Novella (1977).

Duration: 7:12

Novella cover art

Lyrics for The Sisters

The sisters worked for the people round them Their Spanish lace, wove some bread for the poor And they cared and tried but were worn with their fears And their years of heartbreak Dust and wine stained the men who knew them The sweat of days in the angry sun And their memory and they cried and they asked Sisters make us holy The sisters prayed give us hope for something The men asked where is your God today? And the empty eyes as the sisters prayed Held their thoughts unspoken There was nothing they could do Earth was dust for miles around Nothing new survived Everything was barren on the land And the truth they tried to understand just died Everything was barren on the land And the truth they tried to understand just died

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More from Novella

  1. Can You Hear Me?
  2. The Sisters
  3. Midas Man
  4. The Captive Heart
  5. Touching Once (Is So Hard To Keep)
  6. Can You Hear Me? - Single Edit
  7. Midas Man - Single Edit
  8. Prologue - Live, The Royal Albert Hall, 14 October 1977
  9. Can You Understand - Live, The Royal Albert Hall, 14 October 1977
  10. Carpet Of The Sun - Live, The Royal Albert Hall, 14 October 1977
  11. Can You Hear Me? - Live, The Royal Albert Hall, 14 October 1977
  12. Song Of Scheherazade: Fanfare/The Betrayal/The Sultan/Love Theme/The Young Prince And Princess As Told By Scheherazade/Festival Preparations/Fugue For The Sultan/The Festival/Finale - Live, The Royal Albert Hall, 14 October 1977
  13. Running Hard - Live, The Royal Albert Hall, 14 October 1977
  14. Midas Man - Live, The Royal Albert Hall, 14 October 1977
  15. Mother Russia - Live, The Royal Albert Hall, 14 October 1977
  16. Touching Once (Is So Hard To Keep) - Live, The Royal Albert Hall, 14 October 1977