{"id":1734,"date":"2007-01-01T20:43:20","date_gmt":"2007-01-02T00:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2009-02-20T15:57:20","modified_gmt":"2009-02-20T20:57:20","slug":"road-to-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=1734","title":{"rendered":"Road to Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Waits
\norphans- Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Road To Peace<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Young Abdel Madi Shabneh was only 18-years-old
\nHe was the youngest of 9 children, never spent a night away from home
\nAnd his mother held his photograph, up in the New York Times<\/em>
\nYou see the killing has intensified, along the road to peace<\/p>\n

He was a tall thin boy with a wispy moustache, disguised as an Orthodox Jew
\nOn a crowded bus in Jerusalem, some had survived World War II
\nAnd the thunderous explosion blew out windows, 200 yards away
\nMore retribution and 17 dead, along the road to peace<\/p>\n

Now at King George Ave and Jaffa Road, passengers boarded bus 14A
\nIn the aisle next to the driver, Abdel Madi Shabneh
\nAnd the last thing that he said on earth is “God is great and god is good”
\nAnd he blew them all to kingdom come, upon the road to peace<\/p>\n

Now in response to this, another kiss of death was visited upon
\nYasir Taha(2<\/a>), Israel says is an Hamas senior militant
\nAnd Israel sent 4 choppers in, flames engulfed his white Opel
\nAnd it killed his wife and his 3-year-old child, leaving only blackened skeletons<\/p>\n

They found his toddler’s bottle and a pair of small shoes,
\nand they waved them in front of the cameras
\nBut Israel says they did not know that his wife and child were in the car
\nThere are roadblocks everywhere and only suffering on TV
\nNeither side will ever give up their smallest right, along the road to peace<\/p>\n

Israel launched its latest campaign against Hamas on Tuesday
\nAnd two days later Hamas shot back and killed five Israeli soldiers
\nThough thousands dead and wounded on both sides, most of them Middle Eastern civilians
\nThey fill their children full of hate, to fight an old man’s war, and die upon the road to peace<\/p>\n

“And this is our land we will fight with all our force”, say the Palestinians and the Jews
\nEach side will cut off the hand of anyone who tries to stop the Resistance
\nIf the right eye offends thee, then you must pluck it out
\nAnd Mahmoud Abbas and Sharon have been lost, out along the road to peace<\/p>\n

Once Kissinger said: “We have no friends, America only has interests”
\nNow our president wants to be seen as a hero and he’s hungry for re-election
\nBut Bush is reluctant to risk his future, in the fear of his political failures(3)
\nSo he plays chess at his desk and poses for the press, ten thousand miles from the road to peace<\/p>\n

In the video that they found at the home of Abdel Madi Shabneh
\nHe held a Kalashnikov rifle, and he spoke with the voice like a boy
\nHe was an excellent student, he studied so hard, it was as if he had a future
\nHe told his mother that he had a test that day, out along the road to peace<\/p>\n

The fundamentalist killing on both sides is standing in the path of peace
\nBut tell me, why are we arming the Israeli army with guns and tanks and bullets?
\nAnd if god is great and god is good, why can’t he change the hearts of men?
\nWell, maybe god himself is lost and needs help
\nMaybe god himself he needs all of our help
\nMaybe god himself is lost and needs help
\nHe’s out upon the road to peace<\/p>\n

Maybe god himself is lost and needs help
\nMaybe god himself he needs all of our help
\nAnd he’s lost upon the road to peace
\nAnd he’s lost upon the road to peace
\nOut upon the road to peace<\/p>\n

Written by: Tom Waits and Kathleen Waits-Brennan(1)<\/a>
\nPublished by: Jalma Music (ASCAP), \u00a9 2006
\nOfficial release: Orphans (Brawlers), (P) & \u00a9 2006 Anti Inc.
\nTom Waits: vocals. Marc Ribot: guitar. Casey Waits: drums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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