Written in 2014, with 2023 adaptation by Ben Grosscup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2pTVLvs3oo

Two point two million people surrounded on all sides
Refugees since ’48. Since ‘67 occupied
The only reason they’re not starving is because of the UN
Most have never left there stuck in the lion’s den

The most crowded place on Earth and there they’ll stay
They can’t visit cousins a half hour’s drive away
Drones overhead …constantly.
Who will die tomorrow? A daily mystery
. . . In Gaza

The settlers moved out. The fighter jets moved in
In Gaza there’s just no way that you can win
You can’t take out a ‘copter with an antiquated gun
You’re just a sitting target - sitting in the sun

Waiting for your death to come raining from the sky
Watching as the wells steadily run dry
You can hear a sonic boom and see a flashing light
Every hour of the day. Every hour of the night
. . . In Gaza

There is no shelter. Nowhere you can hide
Life is nothing like it is on the other side
There’s nowhere to escape from the killing and the stress
The pilots bomb the hospitals, where people convalesce

Yet still some people wonder. They insist on asking why
Anyone could give such a ghastly reply
They wonder how anyone could respond to it all
By killing people just over the wall
. . . Around Gaza
The wall around Gaza