How Long letra

Someone asked a question once
Of martin luther king
How long do you stay the course
And dream the dream
When it seems evil's won
And greed is on the throne
And you feel like the silenced voice
In the wilderness all alone

How long? How long?

He said: Till justice rolls down like water
Till justice rolls down like water
Justice rolls down like water
And righteousness flows like a mighty stream

A little boy about ten years old
Sits watching his TV
He's alone most every night
Till two or three
Though his mama works two jobs
She still can't make ends meet
He sees the fat cats lie and steal
But they always go scot-free

He says: How long, how long

Till that justice rolls down like water
Till justice rolls down like water
Till justice rolls down like water
And the righteousness starts flowing like a mighty stream?

Power, greed, and profit
They will never feed the soul
These three shovels have dug us
A deep dark hole
Compassion, understanding
And living one for all
And all for one is what it's gonna take for us
To break this fall

Oh how long? How long?

He said: Till justice rolls down like water
Till justice rolls down like water
Till justice rolls down like water
And the righteousness starts flowing like a mighty stream

Iris DeMent - Letras

• Lazy Eye
• Somethin' Bad
• (We're Not) The Jet Set
• A Thousand Words
• Acoustic 3
• Acres Of Corn
• After You're Gone
• Ain't That Unusual
• All Eyes On Me
• All Is Sold
• Already There
• American Girl (Tom Petty Cover)
• And This You Call Work
• Another Second Time Around
• Artie
• Banks Of Marble
• Beat Me
• Before The Colors Fade
• Big Machine
• Bitch
• Black Balloon
• Blessed Assurance
• Break My Mind
• Broad Gold
• Broadway
• Bullet Proof
• Burning Up
• Calling For You
• Childhood Memories
• City Of New Orleans
• Close Your Eyes
• Come On
• Cuz You're Gone
• Different Light
• Disconnected
• Dizzy
• Do You Believe Him?
• Domino
• Don't Beat My Ass (With A Baseball Bat)
• Don't Change
• Don't Fear The Reaper
• Don't Worry
• Down On The Corner
• Easy's Gettin' Harder Every Day
• Em Elbmuh
• Extra Pale
• Eyes Wide Open
• Falling Down
• Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
• Fill My Way With Love
• Flat Top
• Folsom Prison Blues
• From An Airplane
• From The Oriental Notebook
• Full Forever
• Gimme Shelter
• Girl Right Next To Me
• Go On Ahead And Go Home
• God May Forgive You (But I Won't)
• God Walks The Dark Hills
• Goin' Down To Sing In Texas
• Had Enough
• Hardsores
• Hate This Place
• He Reached Down
• Heart's Highway
• Here Is Gone
• Hey
• Hide Thou Me
• Higher Ground
• Hobo BIll's Last Ride
• Hotter Than Mojave in My Heart
• How Long
• I Don't Want To Get Adjusted To This World
• I Don't Want To Know
• I Miss A Lot Of Trains
• I Never Shall Forget The Day
• I Still Miss Someone
• I Wanna Destroy You
• I Won't Ask You Why
• I'll Be
• I'll Take My Sorrow Straight
• I'm Addicted
• I'm Awake Now
• I'm Out To Try My Hand At Love Again
• I'm Still There
• I've Got That Old Time Religion In My Heart
• If That Ain't Love
• Impersonality
• In Spite Of Ourselves
• Infamous Angel
• Iris
• It's Not With a Lover's Lyre The Muse
• It's Over
• Jambalaya
• James Dean
• January Friend
• Just The Way You Are
• Keep Me God
• Keep On The Sunny Side
• Know My Name
• Laughing
• Leaning On Everlasting Arms
• Let Me Be Your Jesus
• Let the Mystery Be
• Let's Invite Them Over
• Letter to Mom
• Like A White Stone
• Listening To Singing
• Livin' In A Hut
• Living On The Inside
• Long Way Down
• Lot's Wife
• Love Abides
• Love Dolls
• Lucky Star
• Mahalia
• Makin' My Way Back Home
• Mama Was Always Tellin' Her Truth
• Mama's Opry
• Mexican Home
• Misfortune
• Mom And Dad's Waltz
• Mornin' Glory
• My Life
• Naked
• Name
• Near The Cross
• Never Take The Place Of Your Man
• No Time To Cry
• No Way Out
• Nobody Gonna Love On Me No More
• Not With Deserters
• Nothin' For The Dead
• Nothing Can Change You
• Oh, How Good
• On The Lie
• On The Wings Of A Dove
• On Your Side
• Only One
• Our Town
• Out Of Sight
• Out Of The Fire
• Out Of The Red
• Over The Garden Wall
• Pack Up Your Sorrows
• Prayer
• Pretty Saro
• Quality Time
• Reject The Burden
• Road To Salinas
• Say A Good Word
• Scream
• Sex Maggot
• Sing The Delta
• Slaughterhouse
• Slave Girl
• Slide
• Smash
• So Far Away
• So Long
• So Outta Line
• Song About Songs
• Stop The World
• String Of Lies
• Sunshine Of Your Love
• Sweet Forgiveness
• Sweet Hour Of Prayer
• Sweet Is The Melody
• Sympathy
• That Glad Reunion
• That's The Way Love Goes
• The Cherry Orchard
• The Cherry Tree Carol
• The Heart Tells The Story
• The Kingdom Has Already Come
• The Last Toast
• The Night I Learned How Not To Pray
• The Old Gospel Ship
• The Sacred Now
• The Shores of Jordan
• The Souls Of All My Dears
• The Way I Should
• There You Are
• There's a Wall In Washington
• There's a Whole Lotta Heaven
• These Hills
• Think About Me
• This Kind of Happy
• To My Poems
• Torn Apart
• Trouble
• Troublesome Waters
• Truth Is A Whisper
• Tucked Away
• Two Days In February
• Up Up Up
• Up Yours
• Upon The Hard Crest
• Wait For The Blackout
• Walkin' Daddy
• Walkin' Home
• Warriors Of Love
• Wasteland Of The Free
• Waycross, Georgia
• Wayfarin' Stranger
• We Are The Normal
• When Love Was Young
• When MY Mornin' Comes Around
• Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies
• Whispering Pines
• Wildwood Flower
• Workin' On a World
• You've Done Nothing Wrong