Like a Mountain
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| JS-043 | SSAA | 4:00 | Audio file
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"You can't kill the spirit, it's like a mountain / old and strong, it goes on and on." This original song by Naomi Morena was written when she was just 19 years old, and has the power and feel of a tried and true folk song. It has been sung all around the world, most notably as the adopted theme song of the women at the Greenham Common peace camp in Berkshere England in the 1980's. On 12 December 1982, 30,000 women held hands around the 6 mile perimeter of the military base there, in protest against the decision to site American nuclear cruise missiles there.
Like a Mountain
Nobody can push back an ocean.
its gonna rise back up in waves.
And nobody can stop the wind from blowin',
stop a mind from growin'.
Somebody may stop my voice from singing
but the song will live on and on
Refrain:
You can't kill the spirit,
it's like a mountain
Old and strong;
it lives on and on.
Nobody can stop a woman from feeling
She's gonna rise up like the sun
Somebody may change the words we're saying
but the truth will live on and on.
(Refrain)