 -Song For Palestine
(Use Chord Progression from Chimes
of Freedom by Bob Dylan)
"I heard a young woman sing this song at a dinky
writers night (open mike) in Nashville, and when she
finished you coulda heard a feather drop. Nobody said a
word, or clapped, or nothing. Later I got the lyrics from
her and she said someone had given them to her who had
gotten them off the internet. Said it was a public domain
song, using the same chord progression as Bob Dylans song
Chimes of Freedom Flashing, with more or less the same
melody, however that was up to the singer. So, hearing
about so many Palestinians killed in the last couple of
weeks I decided to repost the lyrics around. Hope some of
you singer-songwriters start singing it like she did. It
gave me
goose-bumps to hear it all out in public."
Rapprochement Centre[rapprochement@palsolidarity.org]
..In the burning streets of Bethlehem deserted and
forlorn
Standing with our stones of freedom waiting
As prophetic swells of sirens ripped all silence from the
air
We sang our freedom song and started throwing
Throwing at the soldiers, whose guns we do not fear
Throwing at the deadly tanks rumbling far and near
And at all the mindless money that put the soldiers here
We sang and sent the stones of freedom flying
In our citys raging violence, undauntedly we threw
Our faces fixed on armored cars approaching
F-16s echoing over bombed out neighborhoods
Steadfast we raised our stones and kept on throwing
Throwing at the Generals, War Criminals and Crooks
We throw at writers justifying murder in their books,
At racist settlers squatting on the land the soldiers
took
We sang and sent the stones of freedom flying
Five of us together, none more than twelve years old
We stood below the circling copters cracking
Defying evil elements of hatred laced in steel
Then Israeli hidden snipers started shooting
Shooting at our fathers, kneeling on the ground
Blindfolded with the rags of peace, their hands obscenely
bound
While our mothers search for water they hear the bullets
sound
We sang and sent the stones of freedom flying
Throughout the Territories, the name of Palestine
Is ringing from the tongues of angry children
Denied a childs necessities, we claim our right to be
We claim our rights with every stone were throwing
Throwing at Americans who pay the Butchers bill,
Whose diplomats are Generals, theyre only trained to
kill,
We throw at fat politicians whove never missed a meal
We sang and sent the stones of freedom flying
Bulldozers crush our olive trees, our homes, our
terraces, our fields
To eliminate all trace of our existence
But as the cactus that we planted is reborn on stolen
land
Our freedom grows with every stone were throwing
Throwing at the newspapers, whose Truth is bought and
sold
At talking television heads who keep our tale from being
told
Throwing at reporters who ignore us dying in the cold
We sang and sent the stones of freedom flying.
None dare to call us heroes, none dare to find out why
We risk our lives to throw these stones at our oppressors
Instead they call us terrorists to justify their terror
war
In their world soldiers shooting children is not terror
We're throwing at the bureaucrats in the United Nations
Hall,
At world leaders doing nothing as the bombs of terror
fall
Throwing at the whole wide world who refuse to hear our
call
We sang and sent the stones of freedom flying
The U.S.A. is waiting, watching from on high
Pretending that their hands are clean and guiltless
But they provide the weapons, they prevent the Peace
Apartheid is the goal they are pursuing
We're throwing at the hypocrites, the whole dishonest
crew
At all those participating in what Israeli soldiers do
And American taxpayers, we throw our stones at you!
We sang and sent the stones of freedom flying.
Occupation takes our innocence, were sacrificed for greed
We're sacrificed for God and Gasoline
They shoot us cause we have the nerve to demand our
liberty
Freedom is now all we have to live for
We're throwing for the future, for other children to be
free
While Israel destroys our childhood with blind stupidity
We're throwing stones at all you cowards doing nothing so
silently
We sang and sent the stones of freedom flying
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