Palestine

Jim Page 2003

 

Christy Moore changed a lot of the lyrics with Page’s blessing for his 2024 recording; this is Moore’s version with a chorus Page recorded in 2024 that differs from his original 2003 chorus. Christy Moore: Palestine, Jim Page: Palestine

Let me tell you a story, I’ll be quick as I can Terrible news from the Holy Land Pictures of Children etched in my mind Buried in the rubble on the firing line The Jews and The Arabs lived one and the same A thousand years then the Zionists came Came like a river, came like a flood Al Nakba was written on the wall in blood Chorus: O Palestine, going home sometime Talk about settlers from far away Talk about dollars from the USA Talk about blast bombs, the bullets and the lead The shadow of the Jackboot hanging over your head What can you do when they demolish your home Olive Trees buried and gone Do you dare to resist? Stand on the road with a rock in your fist They talk about peace like it’s a moral obligation There’ll never be peace under occupation Talk about Talks, to the beat of the drum 70 years Nakba rolls on We need to talk about the friends that we endorse The rockets and the tanks and the warships they disperse No wonder it seems to be An undemocratic version of Democracy Let me tell you a story, I’ll be quick as I can There’s terrible news from the Holy Land