IN MEMORY OF ALL THE INNOCENT CHILDREN killed in wars not of their own making. I wrote this pro-peace song of conscience, Anthem for Someones Child, in March 2003 after the US invasion of Iraq killed so many children in Baghdad with its so-called precision bombing. But this video (created by Michelle Daalman in 2006) is also poignantly applicable to the current world situation. All instruments played by me except cello (Cathy Fells). Click on the link below then click on HD to get best sound/video quality. Please feel free to share. Here are the lyrics: “That’s someone’s child”, she cried, I sighed, his life lay broken on the ground. The man who shot him down just smiled, beguiled by his amazing aim. How can you go back home to show your face to all those lively children of your own? He looked into the air, that stare was where there once had been a smile. A woman sat alone nearby bled dry by grief and mother’s pain. She wondered why he searched the sky with those warm eyes she’d known so well from birth. A shot sent to the head Instead of life He’s buried in the earth. They’ve dug a six-foot hole to hide their crime so all the world won’t know. So much to give, no more to live; “It’s all in the name of freedom”, so they said. And yet they dare to cry that I should bear the guilt for all they’ve done. Because I said “No war!” They roar and project all their hate on me. Democracy is just a dream, if to create it you have to kill that child. There’s places you can go with snow and rain and sunshine all around. But where that child now lay in clay is scorched and birds don’t make a sound. He died in vain — This war’s insane — And the earth cries out this anthem for her child. . © Alan Morrison, 2003, 2014 .
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 13:00:11 +0000
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