paroles de chanson Twenty Tons of TNT - Flanders , Swann

I have seen it estimated
Somewhere between death and birth
There are now three thousand million
People living on this earth
And the stock-piled mass destruction
Of the nuclear powers that be
Equals for each man or woman
Twenty tons of TNT.
Every man of every nation
Twenty tons of TNT
Shall receive this allocation
Twenty tons of TNT
Texan, Bantu, Slav or Maori
Argentine or Singhali
Every maiden brings this dowry
Twenty tons of TNT.
Not for the thirty silver shilling
Twenty tons of TNT
Twenty thousand pounds of killing
Twenty tons of TNT
Twenty hundred years of teaching
Give to each his legacy
Plato, Buddha, Christ or Lenin
Twenty tons of TNT.
Father, mother, son and daughter
Give us land and seed and water
Children have no need of sharing
At each new nativity
Come the ghostly Magi bearing
Twenty tons of TNT.
Ends the tale that has no sequel
Twenty tons of TNT
Now in death are all men equal
Twenty tons of TNT
Teach me how to love my neighbour
Do to him as he to me
Share the fruits of all our labour
Twenty tons of TNT.