[Verse 1]
We go down to throw rocks at the river
Curses at the parade
Wedge a stone in the gears of the clockworks
Try to keep us from acting our age
Swore we'd carry on like this forever
'Til the free spirits fled
But now can you believe who's a mother
And that so-and-so's cut off their dreads?

[Chorus]
Kill off Columbus and turn the world around
After all the nomads are settling down

[Verse 2]
Used to give most of the bread to a landlord
Leave the crust for the squats
Now the death wages we pay the bankers
Seem to kill all the flies in one swat
Hear the wedding band strike up a number
Dear, they're playing our song
Hold your breath 'cause we're gonna go under
Get the little ones singing along

[Chorus 2]
Kill off Columbus and turn the world around
After all the nomads are settling down
Kill off Columbus and turn the world around
After all the nomads are settling down
After all the nomads are settling down
[Bridge]
No way, not since so-and-so said he'd never change
Said he'd never grow
He'd stay always on a roll
From beside the trains
Past the mossy stones
Now there's more hope than ever and it's all falling down
And the rebels are running for mayor in your hometown

[Verse 3]
As the nomads are dropping their anchors
Falling into the sea
And I've stopped throwing rocks at the river
Now you'll find me a-swimming upstream
There is power in unions of ramblers
That got nothing to own
But there's more in one fist-swinging mother
Swearing "My children shall never be sold"

[Chorus]
Kill off Columbus and turn the world around
After all the nomads are settling down
Kill off Columbus and turn the world around
After all the nomads are settling down
After all the nomads are settling down
[Outro]
Out of the garden
We multiply
Telling our stories
May all the old ways die!