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Main >> Audio >> Michael Bonanno

Children Of God
by Michael Bonanno

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Lyrics:

You bloodied my brothers in Belfast,
you murdered their children and wives.
How long did God say that this should last?
What right did you have with those lives?

chorus:
You call yourselves holy,
children of God.
Your thoughts and behaviors
seem really quite odd
for those who are holy,
children of God.

You still call my brother a “******”.
You don’t like his color or race.
I don’t understand how you figure,
you forced him here in the first place.

chorus

You don’t like the Jewish religion.
You desecrate their house of prayer.
Is Jesus your source of conviction,
a claim that all Aryan’s share?

chorus

You shoot up the doctors and clinics.
My sisters, you say, have no choice.
Excuse us if we seem like cynics
for doubting your murderous voice.

chorus

You’d turn your back on your own mother
if she won’t believe as you do.
You say it’s the word of Jehovah
to shun away your brother, too.

chorus

You won’t give my brother a homeland.
You believe it’s yours to protect.
Did Yahweh convince you it’s your sand
and Palestine we should neglect?

chorus

You planted explosives in Kenya
and blew up the embassy there.
Was this act an order from Allah
to cause Africa this despair.

chorus

Now India holds Armageddon
and Pakistan has it as well.
There may or may not be a heaven,
but Hindus can create a hell.

chorus

Now all of religion’s a story
and it’s such a dangerous game.
And no one will ever see glory
‘cause glory is only a name.

chorus

Credits/Notes:
Lyrics and music by Michael Bonanno
Copyright 2002, All Rights Reserved
 

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