Harvest Lament
We plow the clouds and
scatter
The people of the land,
As they are bombed and
shattered
by Man’s inhuman hand.
by Man’s inhuman hand.
We send the squads to
conquer,
To slay and spread the pain,
the rockets and the bullets,
So we can kill and maim.
To slay and spread the pain,
the rockets and the bullets,
So we can kill and maim.
Refrain:
All this fear around us
from Man to man we send;
then beg the Lord, O beg the Lord
For all war to end.
All this fear around us
from Man to man we send;
then beg the Lord, O beg the Lord
For all war to end.
Man only is the maker
Of things we fear afar,
he blasts the wayside village,
he blasts the wayside village,
he sets the towns on fire;
he wins and knaves applaud him,
by him the hawks are fed;
much more than this with children,
he adds our daily dead.
he wins and knaves applaud him,
by him the hawks are fed;
much more than this with children,
he adds our daily dead.
[Refrain]
We beg you, then, O
Father,
for all things right and good:
for peace-time and for justice,
for life, for health, for food;
no prayers have we to offer
our dreams are all in parts,
but ask that You may heal now:
our broken, fearful hearts!
for all things right and good:
for peace-time and for justice,
for life, for health, for food;
no prayers have we to offer
our dreams are all in parts,
but ask that You may heal now:
our broken, fearful hearts!
[Refrain]
© John Stuart 2019
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