RAINBOW WARRIOR (source)

"Rainbow Warrior" - a contemporary song by Ken Stephens dedicated to the famous trawler belonging to "Greenpeace". The song was written 2 days after its sinking in New Zealand. The ship was sailing on a mission to stop French nuclear tests in the Pacific. The French secret service arrested 3 people, who were quickly found guilty and sentenced to prison. Only after the verdict was sent to France were they acquitted. The original last verse contains a wish to rebuild the ship ( "we will rebuild "Rainbow Warrior" ). Ken dedicates this song to the organization "Greenpeace International".

An iridescent ship upon the sea,
A symbol that oppression shall not be,

Now the world's a little sadder,
And the earth's a little sorrier,
But we will remember "Rainbow Warrior".

Internationally manned she sails the seas for all.
Stopping sealers blows and nuclear out-falls.

Now the world's...

She saved the whales within her Greenpeace guise
And kept pollution from the seas and skies.

Now the world's...

Sunk in Auckland Harbour by a cowardly mine
Her cause goes on because its yours and mine

Now the world's...

Until nature's back in charge again
And the world is safe for ever more
We will remember "Rainbow Warrior".

Until nature's back in charge again
And the world is safe for ever more
We will rebuild "Rainbow Warrior".