She sent a letter to her mother,
And she sent a letter to her father
And her sister and her brother, and her friends that she left
By the shores of the shining waters...(1).
I'll remain with these people a bit longer
I cannot leave them to suffer while I wander
And the children they need me to stay-
they're afraid of the night and the soldiers coming..
In the face of each child you see on the streets
It will be me, – it will be me.
In the laugh of each girl and the laugh of each boy
It will be me, – It will be me.
Please don't worry about my safety any longer
Don't you worry about my hurting any longer,
I'm no longer afraid, – No longer alone,
No longer wondering where I'm going.
I'm bound -to walk this road
There's danger all around the children of Palestine
It's all they've ever known...
But when I saw that father, sadly walking
Leading his children toward the snipers
"I tried to stand between them" -and the fire
From the "murderous towers"
And if one of these children ever is free
She will be me, – She will be me..
And if one of these children never knows peace
He will be me, – He will be me.
She sent a letter to her mother,
And she sent a letter to her father
And her sister and her brother and her friends that she left
By the shores of the shining waters...
I'll remain with these people a bit longer
I cannot leave them to suffer while I wander
And the children they need me to stay-
they're afraid of the night and the soldiers coming..
In the face of each child you see on the streets
It will be me, – it will be me.
In the laugh of each girl and the laugh of each boy
He will be me, – He will be me..
And she sent a letter to her father
And her sister and her brother, and her friends that she left
By the shores of the shining waters...(1).
I'll remain with these people a bit longer
I cannot leave them to suffer while I wander
And the children they need me to stay-
they're afraid of the night and the soldiers coming..
In the face of each child you see on the streets
It will be me, – it will be me.
In the laugh of each girl and the laugh of each boy
It will be me, – It will be me.
Please don't worry about my safety any longer
Don't you worry about my hurting any longer,
I'm no longer afraid, – No longer alone,
No longer wondering where I'm going.
I'm bound -to walk this road
There's danger all around the children of Palestine
It's all they've ever known...
But when I saw that father, sadly walking
Leading his children toward the snipers
"I tried to stand between them" -and the fire
From the "murderous towers"
And if one of these children ever is free
She will be me, – She will be me..
And if one of these children never knows peace
He will be me, – He will be me.
She sent a letter to her mother,
And she sent a letter to her father
And her sister and her brother and her friends that she left
By the shores of the shining waters...
I'll remain with these people a bit longer
I cannot leave them to suffer while I wander
And the children they need me to stay-
they're afraid of the night and the soldiers coming..
In the face of each child you see on the streets
It will be me, – it will be me.
In the laugh of each girl and the laugh of each boy
He will be me, – He will be me..
Contributed by giorgio - 2013/5/20 - 18:25
Notes
(1) As described in her letters regarding the waters near Puget Sound and her home in Olympia, Washington.
(1) As described in her letters regarding the waters near Puget Sound and her home in Olympia, Washington.
giorgio - 2013/5/21 - 15:33
Stupenda!! Mi piacerebbe sentirla cantare da una donna...
Una ragazza come Rachel, con una bella voce.
Io purtroppo sono una frana (stonata come una campana)
D:< :-(
Una ragazza come Rachel, con una bella voce.
Io purtroppo sono una frana (stonata come una campana)
D:< :-(
Antonella - 2013/5/25 - 18:30
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Lyrics & Music by T Fredric Jones from the writings of Rachel Corrie
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Awareness beyond our captive media. (Note: quotation marks indicate Rachel Corrie's actual words. The entire song itself is written in the spirit of Rachel Corrie's beliefs and dreams).