Homeland

Have you ever been homeless Have you ever been lost When you know where your home is But can’t get across Do you dream of the orange groves Where your grandfathers lived Have you suffered such sorrow That it’s hard to forgive…. And

Cry, Cry, Cry, as the refugees wait Shut your eyes to their sorrow Shut your ears to their fate, and Try try try, they just won’t go away May the Palestine people Have a homeland one day

To be scattered like ashes In the winds of the earth With all dignity shattered With all feelings of worth Living life like a Gypsy On the road on the run With the hills of your history Close, but far as the sun.

Cry, Cry, Cry, as the refugees wait Shut your eyes to their sorrow Shut your ears to their fate, and Try try try, they just won’t go away May the Palestine people Have a homeland one day

A people of culture Of genius and heart Mathematics and science And grace in the arts Caught between Hamas And their rocket assaults And each settlement growing Till there’s no land at all