Lebanon

                             
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The land is still, the sea is glistening 
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The morning dove is on the wind 
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Beneath the cedar trees, the endless scar 
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We come to Lebanon   to die in spring   
 

 
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I am a farmer's son from Israel 
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I am a carpenter from Palestine 
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Allah be praised, Jehovah's will be done 
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Why must I die tonight in Lebanon? 
 

 
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This is a season of awakening 
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We should be laughing in the sun 
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We should be planting seeds in the empty fields 
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Instead of dynamite   in Lebanon 
 

 
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I am a farmer's son from Israel 
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I am a carpenter from Palestine 
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Allah be praised, Jehovah's will be done 
           C              D 
Why must I die tonight in Lebanon? 
 

 
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Tonight we sing again the ancient songs 
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To - night we sing while widows weep 
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To - night, while harvest scares the birds of songs 
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Their songs are dying in the streets 
 

 
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How many years have there been refugees? 
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People despised, people alone 
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People denied their right of sovereignty 
                       
Denied their dignity,    denied their home 
 

 
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I am a farmer's son from Israel 
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I am a carpenter from Palestine 
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Allah be praised, Jehovah's will be done 
           C              D         Em 
Why must I die tonight in Lebanon? 

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I am a farmer's son from Iowa 
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I am a carpenter from Maryland 
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We are the evidence of things to come 
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We are the dead tonight in Lebanon