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Thread #56795 Message #964221
Posted By: Seaking
08-Jun-03 - 07:50 PM
Thread Name: Greatest Anti-War Song Ever?
Subject: RE: Greatest Anti-War Song Ever?
Paul Simon's 'On the side of a hill' I started playing this again recently as it fitted the mood.
On the side of a hill in a land called somewhere A little boy lies asleep in the earth While down in the valley a cruel war rages And people forget what a child's life is worth
On the side of a hill a little child weeps And waters the grave with his silent tears While a soldier cleans and polishes his gun that ended a life at the age of seven years
And the war rages on in a land called somewhere And generals order their men to kill and to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten while little boy lies on the side of a hill
It's a long time since I heard the original but that's what i remember of it.