Words and music by Doug Harvey
Khadra was born in 1939
In Jerusalem in the land called Palestine
Last year her only son
Was killed by a Jewish gun
She’ll never ever get that memory ou t of her mind
O, Israel, you better ring that bell
Make enough noise to destroy the armies of hell
O, Israel, only time can tell
If your power and glory were strong enough to break that spell.
Yakov came here in 1983
Ran away from a village on the shore of the Baltic Sea
His wife was killed by a bomb
In the name of Holy Islam
Ain’t no way he’s ever gonna let it be
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Two separate worlds, one Arab, one Jew
The leaders can’t say they don’t know what to do
Everybody’s got a cross to bear
It’s never ever gonna be fair
You just can’t take the baby and cut it in two
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You gotta do something, you just can’t let it go
You can’t stand the pain
and the maddening loss of control
Sometimes you just gotta fight
Do anything to make it right
When you know you just can’t live with the status quo
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