Body of War Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran movie - To Kill The Child lyrics

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Song by Roger Waters<br /><br>

The child lay <br>

In the starlit night <br>

Safe in the glow of his Donald Duck light <br>

How strange to choose to take a life <br>

How strange to choose to kill a child <br>

Hoover, Blaupunkt, Nissan Jeep <br>

Nike, Addidas, Lacoste and cheaper brands <br>

Cadillac, Amtrak, gasoline, diesel <br>

Our standard of living, could this be a reason <br>

That we would choose to kill the child <br>

That we would choose to kill the child <br>

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Allah, Jehovah, Buddah, Christ <br>

Confucius and Kali and reds, beans and rice <br>

Goujons of sole, ris de veau, ham hocks <br>

Lox bagels and bones and commandments in stone <br>

The Bible, Koran, Shinto, Islam <br>

Prosciutto, risotto, falafel and ham <br>

Is it dogma, doughnuts, ridicule faith <br>

Fear of the dark, or shame or disgrace <br>

That we would choose to kill the child <br>

That we would choose to kill the child <br>

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It's cold in the desert <br>

And the space is too big <br>

The rope is too short <br>

And the walls are too thick <br>

I will show you no weakness <br>

I will mock you in song <br>

Berate and deride you <br>

Belittle and chide you <br>

Beat you with sticks <br>

And bulldoze your home <br>

You can watch my triumphant procession to Rome <br>

Best seat in the house <br>

Up there on the cross <br>

Is it anger or envy, profit or loss <br>

That we would choose to kill the child <br>

That we would choose to kill the child <br>

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Take this child and hold him closely <br>

Keep him safe from the holy reign of terror <br>

Take this child hold him closely <br>

Take this child to the moral high ground <br>

Where he can look down on the bigots and bully boys <br>

Slugging it out in the yard<br>

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