We hate chemical warfare
Dropping the wrong kind of bombs.
We’re taking retaliatory action
Because chemical bombing is wrong.
Our smart bombs will all hit their target
Make sure no civilians are hurt
But if we hit any women or children
At least they’re the right kind of bombs?
We still sell conventional weapons
We don’t care who they’re sold too
We hope they won’t kill any children
Though the ‘right kind’ of bombs sometimes do.
So now they’re dropping gas on kids.
How do we put up with this?
Turn your back just look away?
Can’t think of such a thing today?
People dead from Sarin gas
Civilians helpless; air attacks
Suffocating, can not breath,
Convulsion and paralysis
How can we put up with this?
Beyond belief it’s such a mess
Dropping bombs on women, kids.
So much for the Arab Spring
Hopes of better things back then.
Must we deal with this today?
It’s got so bad what can we say?
Who’s fighting who, what for and why?
Why must all these children die?
Russian or a Syrian bomb?
Terrorist arsenal ? We don’t know.
Who dropped the bomb, what for or why?
All we know is children die.
The powers pile in, it’s such a mess
Why must children die like this?
We scarcely know who’s on what side.
Why must all those children die?
Who builds the bombs? What do they cost?
The cost we see is human lives.
What’s it about? How will it end?
It has to end that’s all I know!
How can we put up with this?
They’re dropping gas on women, kids.
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