Lullaby Revolution

Lullaby Revolution

Katrina Boguski

October 7^th 2011

Oh child soldier lay down gun

Oh child soldier evening’s come

Oh child soldier lay down head

Oh child soldier sleep in your bed

Where do you sing from? I hear you clear

Where do you hail from? I feel you near

Bullets still hailing fast overhead

I cannot sleep now I might wake up dead

Oh child soldier close up your eyes

Oh child soldier I hear your cries

Oh child soldier bullets will cease

Oh child soldier sleep now in peace

What do you mean ma’am? The bullets still fly

What do you mean ma’am? How do you hear me cry?

I cannot see you amongst all this smoke

Day’s worth of killing in blood I am soaked

Oh child soldier I’ll wash it out

Oh child soldier don’t ever doubt

Oh child soldier please sleep in peace

Oh child soldier stain and fear release  

Why do you sing to me? Why do you care?

Why be your sweet words sounding my ear?

Maybe this killing was all I could take

Maybe I’m dreaming while I am awake

Oh child, no child really I care

Oh child, sleep, soon sunrise be here

Oh child rest now others rising too

Oh child slumber they’re rising for you

Who are these people you say rise up?

Who are they fighting? Will more war erupt?

Where do I run now? Where do I hide?

I’m so tired of killing and God knows I tried

Oh child no child they rise up calm

Oh child no child they don’t carry bomb

Oh child they rise up singing instead

Oh child, sleep now peaceful in your bed

I’m too tired to run off too tired to fight

I’m too tired to shoot back and still filled with fright

I am too young to die now I just want to weep

I am too young to die and your song makes me sleep

Yes child, yes child I know your fright

Yes child, yes child still sleep all night

Yes child, yes child I sing you to sleep

Yes child, yes child feel free to weep

O ma’am I hear you my arms growing tired

I can’t hold this gun up but still shots are fired

Enemy surrounds me; please sing to them as well

Maybe they hear you and sleep for a spell

Yes child yes child we sing to them all

Yes child yes child soon all guns do fall

Yes child yes child they hear too

Yes child yes child they’re tired just like you

Children now; enemy no more,

Just another sleepy child starting to snore

Shh! Child Shh! Child do you hear the sound?

Arms are getting heavy arms are falling down

Shh! Child Shh! Child do you hear that noise?

Eyes are getting heavy responding to our voice

 

Oh child turn now turning in your bed

A new revolution fought with song instead

Oh child wars start first with brutal words

Oh child long before a bullet is ever heard

Bullets fly by now, but words fly out too

Oh child peace words fly in lullabies to you  

Tuck in your head now, tight in your bed

Try to sleep softly remembering what I said

Take in the sweet air wafting from the sea

Turn in tonight child listening to me

Ahh I do hear you and hear guns no more

Ahh I do breathe the air wafting from the shore

Ahh I do close my eyes and start now to sleep

Ahh I do thank you for hearing us weep

Good night child, Good night child

Good night children all

Thank you for sleeping and hearing our call

The lullaby revolt has started tonight

The lullaby revolt will win without fight

The lullaby revolt keeps children in bed

The lullaby revolt keeps them living not dead

Sing now! Sing now! Sing now all!

Raise up your voices join in the call

Sing out a lullaby to some child tonight

Lullabies at bedtime are every child’s right

They’re our children now; enemy no more,

Just another sleepy child starting to snore

Shh! Child Shh! Child do you hear the sound?

Arms are getting heavy arms are falling down

Shh! Child Shh! Child do you hear that noise?

Eyes are getting heavy responding to our voice

Shh! Child, Shh! Child Shh! Child Shh!