Tom Waits - Road to Peace текст песни

Текст песни Road to Peace - Tom Waits



Young Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay) was only 18 years old,
He was the youngest of nine children, never spent a night away from home.
And his mother held his photograph, opening the New York Times
To see the killing has intensified along the road to peace
There was a tall, thin boy with a whispy moustache disguised as an orthodox Jew
On a crowded bus in Jerusalem, some had survived World War Two
And the thunderous explosion blew out windows 200 yards away
With more retribution and seventeen dead along the road to peace
Now at King George Ave and Jaffa Road passengers boarded bus 14a
In the aisle next to the driver Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay)
And the last thing that he said on earth is "God is great and God is good"
And he blew them all to kingdom come upon the road to peace
Now in response to this another kiss of death was visited upon
Yasser Taha, Israel says is an Hamas senior militant
And Israel sent four choppers in, flames engulfed, tears wide open
And it killed his wife and his three year old child leaving only blackened skeletons
It's found his toddlers bottle and a pair of small shoes and they waved them in front of the cameras
But Israel says they did not know that his wife and child were in the car
There are roadblocks everywhere and only suffering on TV
Neither side will ever give up their smallest right along the road to peace
Israel launched it's latest campaign against Hamas on Tuesday
Two days later Hamas shot back and killed five Israeli soldiers
So thousands dead and wounded on both sides most of them middle eastern civilians
They fill the children full of hate to fight an old man's war and die upon the road to peace
"And this is our land we will fight with all our force" say the Palastinians and the Jews
Each side will cut off the hand of anyone who tries to stop the resistance
If the right eye offends thee then you must pluck it out
And Mahmoud Abbas said Sharon had been lost out along the road to peace
Once Kissinger said "we have no friends, America only has interests"
Now our president wants to be seen as a hero and he's hungry for re-election
But Bush is reluctant to risk his future in the fear of his political failures
So he plays chess at his desk and poses for the press 10, 000 miles from the road to peace
In the video that they found at the home of Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay)
He held a Kalashnikov rifle and he spoke with a voice like a boy
He was an excellent student, he studied so hard, it was as if he had a future
He told his mother that he had a test that day out along the road to peace
The fundamentalist killing on both sides is standing in the path of peace
But tell me why are we arming the Israeli army with guns and tanks and bullets?
And if God is great and God is good why can't he change the hearts of men?
Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help
Maybe God himself he needs all of our help
Maybe God himself is lost and needs help
He's out upon the road to peace
Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help
Maybe God himself he needs all of our help
And he's lost upon the road to peace
And he's lost upon the road to peace
Out upon the road to peace.



Авторы: Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan


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1 If I Have To Go
2 2:19
3 What Keeps Mankind Alive
4 Books of Moses
5 Army Ants
6 Young at Heart
7 Missing My Son
8 Little Man
9 Goodnight Irene
10 Dog Treat
11 Buzz Fledderjohn
12 The Return of Jackie and Judy
13 Nirvana
14 Altar Boy
15 The Pontiac
16 Two Sisters
17 Redrum
18 Tell It to Me
19 Long Way Home
20 Bone Chain
21 Rains on Me
22 Fish in the Jailhouse
23 Little Drop of Poison
24 Lucinda
25 World Keeps Turning
26 On the Road
27 Lie to Me
28 LowDown
29 Bottom of the World
30 Ain't Goin' Down to the Well
31 Road to Peace
32 All the Time
33 Walk Away
34 Sea of Love
35 Bend Down the Branches
36 You Can Never Hold Back Spring
37 Shiny Things
38 Never Let Go
39 Fannin Street
40 The Fall of Troy
41 Take Care of All My Children
42 Down There By The Train
43 Danny Says
44 Heigh Ho
45 First Kiss
46 Dog Door
47 Poor Little Lamb
48 King Kong




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