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Susannes Folksong-Notizen English Notes
Beans and Rice
(Bruce 'Utah' Phillips)
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- Allessandro has said he'll run
to the store
- To bring back tobacco and air
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In silence we wait for the sound of
the door
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The hour of curfew is near
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Outside I can hear the rattle of
guns
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The rumble of trucks in the street
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Our lullaby ends, the dark hour
comes
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We whisper the small ones to sleep
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- In the morning I seek out the
neighbours around
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I ask them but nobody knows
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Did he stop for the night with
friends in the town
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The doors of our friends are all
closed
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The sergeant looks up to the sound
of my name
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Quickly his eyes turn away
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There's no need to answer, it's
always the same
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At the edge of the town, he will say
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- Like a broken toy he lies in the
dirt
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And greets me with unblinking eyes
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A blood-red rose has bloomed on his
shirt
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He sleeps to the music of flies
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Lost in his silence thoughtless I
wait
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For an angel of Christ to appear
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My heart is closed in the black end
of hate
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And hatred has stolen my tears
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- A bullet can open such a small
wound
- When our children are led to the
wall
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The price of his life was the sun
and the moon
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The price of his death so small
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And where are the bullets to buy
back the dreams
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Of children who never grow old
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And why have you traded our rice and
our beans
- For coffee more precious than
gold
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- I will return to the sergeant
again
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In my manner no trace of surprise
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He will look up to the sound of my
name
- To discover his death in my eyes
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My brothers and sisters all flee to
the wilds
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To counsel, to nurture and learn
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And you who feast on the blood of a
child
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Sleep well until we return
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- (as sung by Guy & Candie
Carawan)
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Susannes Folksong-Notizen
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- [1986:] One of the many songs
now being written in the United States in solidarity with people's
struggles in Central America. This one is about El Salvador. (Notes
Guy & Candie Carawan, 'The Land Knows You're There')
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- See also John Pilger, Heroes
451ff
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Quelle: USA
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