Notes about "Give Him Time" A young boy named Ali Abbas became a media pet when his family was killed, and he lost both arms during the Allied bombardment of Baghdad. He subsequently was flown to the UK for treatment, and was given prosthetic limbs. When he appeared on television screens across the world, he was inundated with gifts from well-wishers. What made me write this song was hearing that he had been sent a Playstation. Just what you need when you have no hands. The "God Willing" line came from his ucle and the boy himself whenever they were quoted, they would always add "God Willing". Give Him Time Steven Clark There's a boy out playing on a street Could be yours, God help us, could be mine Having too much fun to come inside and eat Give him time, God willing give him time The boy has dreams he doesn't like to tell Could be yours, God help us, could be mine He'll be a doctor, make the sick folk well Give him time, God willing give him time Came the missiles, came the aeroplanes Could be yours, God help us, could be mine And hidden hands unleashed a fiery rain Give him time, God willing give him time The boy is lyin on a hospital bed Could be yours, God help us, could be mine Doctor says that he'd be better dead Give him time, God willing give him time Across the world he's on the TV screens Could be yours, God help us, could be mine Folk send him gifts and money to wipe their conscience clean Give him time, God willing give him time The boy has toys and games he just can't wait to play Could be yours, God help us, could be mine It's so much harder since we burned his arms away Give him time, God willing give him time So when they call for war to end a tyrant's reign Could be yours, God help us, could be mine Just ask who wins and loses, and what they stand to gain Give him time, God willing give him time Give him time, God willing give him time
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