The Day Before the War

[00:00.94] Emily said, "She's Little Red Riding Hood"
[00:05.56] Buttoning up her coat
[00:09.67] And I wonder what she would have said
[00:14.39] Six years old and in Baghdad instead
[00:19.18] Waiting for peace to be declared
[00:23.32] The day before the war
[00:31.72] We went and planted last year's Christmas tree
[00:35.28] We all agreed it looked so sad
[00:40.28] And I wondered what I'd dig instead
[00:44.90] If I were a Christian in Baghdad
[00:49.40] Waiting for peace to be declared
[00:54.36] On the day before the war
[01:02.23] It's all gibberish they're telling us
[01:06.66] They don't know what it means
[01:11.12] We'd all be home by Christmas, yeah, yeah, yeah
[01:18.45] Nineteen fourteen
[01:26.55] The streets were quite like the night was holding its breath
[01:30.98] A clinched fist angry, scared, ashamed
[01:35.77] We lit candles in Trafalgar Square
[01:40.96] Now all the lives go up in flames
[01:45.77] Waiting for peace to be declared
[01:49.96] Just like on the day before the war
[01:58.82] It's all gibberish they're telling us
[02:02.91] Few casualties ours is not the reason why
[02:08.15] Baghdad was lit up like a Christmas tree
[02:14.84] On the 4th of July
[02:23.58] Emily said, she's Little Red Riding Hood
[02:28.05] Buttoning up her coat
[02:32.00] And I wondered in Baghdad instead
[02:37.32] How many six-year-olds are dead
[02:40.91]
[03:03.28] And each one is much like another
[03:08.93] A child of a mother and a father
[03:14.58] A very special son or daughter
[03:20.35] A lot like me and you
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