As the Bombs Rain Down David Rovics (Oct 2023 – Israel/Hamas War) (lightly tweaked and rearranged to use the refugee/keys/olive trees verse as a refrain) One of several YouTube posting of the original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg9bwmpXRoE AS THE BOMBS RAIN DOWN (David Rovics) Hear the drones above your head. What were the last words that she said Before she joined the thousands dead? As the bombs rain down. See the fire in the sky. Hear all the children cry. The tower falls from way up high. As the bombs rain down. See the dust rise everywhere. Once it was a building there. Then it crashed down from the air. As the bombs rain down. On shattered camps of refugees with necklaces of useless keys. Smell the burning olive trees. As the bombs rain down. --- A never-ending buzzing sound leaving twisted bodies all around. The earthquake shaking all the ground. As the bombs rain down. See the homes, apartment blocks and the mosques reduced to rocks. Feel the awe and feel the shocks. As the bombs rain down. See the sewage in the street. Mixed with blood beneath your feet. Before the sonic boom repeats. As the bombs rain down. On shattered camps of refugees with necklaces of useless keys. Smell the burning olive trees. As the bombs rain down. --- See the darkness of the night. No power for the lights. But explosions are so bright. As the bombs rain down. Hear the politicians say. There’s nothing here to see today. We’re punishing Hamas this way. As the bombs rain down. On shattered camps of refugees with necklaces of useless keys. Smell the burning olive trees …
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