The Tribesmen Of The Highlands

The tribesmen of the highlands in Scottish weather
As they walk though the mountainous air that only does them better
Than any city smog could know
And people think they know better so
They denigrate what seems like dust
But there’s something in their freedom that I trust
As they scream their battle cry
And head into war to die
As they face a foreign foe
For the kingdom that they know
Living on the brilliant expanse
Of the wind that makes the leaves dance
And I don’t want to make no enemy
Out of grey modernity
And what those people have become
Mixing genes with ancestors that have known some
Of the brutal blow of a sword
Or the things they think of for which there is not a word
To describe the horror inflict
And the end may come quick
Or it may come slow
But I just wanna say I don’t think they know
What they profess to
And I see the Celt in you

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