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Will You Christians and Jews

from Sighting Shots by Dave Pierce

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A bird’s eye view of some recent issues on the planet: jihad, climate change and other man-made disasters, all brought to you by social media. So what do we do now?

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WILL YOU CHRISTIANS AND JEWS

Osama Bin Laden is took out by raiders,
Jihadist fanatics vow still to fight on,
While their passion for violence breeds mayhem and carnage,
Distorting the vision of prophets long gone.

The USA welcomes young, Islamic tourists
To waterboard down in Guantanamo Bay,
Conveniently outside its judicial borders,
Together at the pleasure of the torturers’play.

Will you Christians and Jews with your Western world-views
Come to lie down with the Muslims and the Sikhs and Hindus?
Will you godless Chinese leave Tibetans at ease,
Meditating on the mantra “In our time, bring us peace”?

Will drought turn to desert and water be rationed,
And biofuel crops replace rain-forest trees?
Is it too late already to cool down the green-house
Or together replenish the black, oily seas?

Now oceans are no longer teeming with fishes,
And National Parks protect zebras and gnus,
Are we trustworthy stewards of all evolution
Or killers of many for the sake of the few?

Will you Christians and Jews with your Western world-views
Come to lie down with the Muslims and the Sikhs and Hindus?
Will you godless Chinese leave Tibetans at ease,
Meditating on the mantra “In our time, bring us peace”?

Tornadoes come twisting across mid-America,
Earthquakes and tsunamis have shaken Japan,
With global-scale risk of a nuclear meltdown,
We’re in it together, each state to a man.

On a planet shrunk tiny by web-sites and e-mails
And Facebook and Twitter and chat-room romance,
Where iPhones flash footage of news as it happens,
If we’re pulling together, then we might stand a chance.

Will you Christians and Jews with your Western world-views
Come to lie down with the Muslims and the Sikhs and Hindus?
Will you godless Chinese leave Tibetans at ease,
Meditating on the mantra “In our time, bring us peace”?

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from Sighting Shots, released October 30, 2019
Words and music by Dave Pierce.

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Dave Pierce Saint Neots, UK

Dave Pierce is a Cambridgeshire-based folk /roots songwriter who has been performing his own songs in folk clubs since the early 70’s. Rooted in the English and American folk traditions, his song topics range widely from folk tales to contemporary issues. ... more

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