Witch's Choice  [Back] 

                               Comes a knocking at my door 
                               The men they enter by the score 
                               Shouting "Witchcraft!" blaming me 
                               Saying punished I must be 

                               "Invoke your Goddess never more 
                               Throw Her image to the floor 
                               Name your sisters one, two, three 
                               Then perhaps we'll let you be!" 

                               Oceana 
                               Mother Water 
                               Take my body 
                               Cover me 
                               Take my sisters 
                               And Thy daughters 
                               Back into Thee 
                               Set us free 
                               Set us free 
                               Set us free... 

                               They tortured Sara in the night 
                               Raped and beat her by moonlight 
                               Forced confessions that were lies 
                               We listened to her tearing cries 

                               Jane was burned on Hallows Day 
                               All her sisters came to pray 
                               We watched her die in agony 
                               So we walk into the sea... 

                               Oceana 
                               Mother Water 
                               Take my body 
                               Cover me 
                               Take my sisters 
                               And Thy daughters 
                               Back into Thee 
                               Set us free 
                               Set us free 
                               Set us free... 

                               Once we circled by the moons 
                               We knew the spells, we knew the runes 
                               True to each other, safe from harm 
                               Living in our Mother's arms 

                               Then the men came to our shores 
                               Bringing gods and bringing wars 
                               Women now their slaves must be 
                               So we walk into the sea... 

                               Oceana 
                               Mother Water 
                               Take my body 
                               Cover me 
                               Take my sisters 
                               And Thy daughters 
                               Back into Thee 
                               Set us free 
                               Set us free 
                               Set us free... 

                               The worst is sisters who have turned 
                               Sending sisters to be burned 
                               Betraying all we used to be 
                               So we lose our harmony 

                               But we will rise up once more 
                               From the ocean to the shore 
                               Singing magic, running free 
                               A mighty people we will be 

                               And we are rising up once more 
                               From the ocean to the shore 
                               Singing magic, running free 
                               A gentle people we be... 

                               Oceana 
                               Mother Water 
                               Take my body 
                               Cover me 
                               Take my sisters 
                               And Thy daughters 
                               Back into Thee 
                               Set us free 
                               Set us free 
                               Set us free... 



                      copywright 1989 Shekhinah Mountainwater