"All Over The World" by Val Davis

All Over The World

Val Davis

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Val Davis

Acoustic Rock with a worldy feel

Val Davis is a singer/songwriter who since 2002 has been getting some notice. In 2002 he was a finalist at the SolarFest singer/songwriter competition. In 2003 his music was featured on National Pulic Radio (NPR) and his music is currently getting airplay at several college stations around the US including XPN in Philadelphia. Val and his family returned to Vermont in Dec 2003 where he does web design and internet broadcasting.

Song Info

Genre

Rock • Rock General

Charts

Peak #332

Peak in subgenre #43

Author

Val Davis words and Music

Rights

Val Davis Music 2003

Uploaded

May 23, 2003

Track Files

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MP3 5.5 MB • 128 kbps • 6:02

Story behind the song

After 9/11 there was alot of outrage over the loss of life.

In the early hours of Dec. 3, 1984, gas leaked from a plant in Bhopal, India, owned and operated by Union Carbide. The state government reported that approximately 3,800 persons died, 40 persons experienced permanent total disability, and 2,680 persons experienced permanent partial disability.

There were no wars initiated after this incident, in fact few Americans knew or cared.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has warned that his country faces a famine worse than that of 1984 which killed nearly one million people and sparked a big international relief effort.

Americans are so fortunate and could show much more compassion for other countries pain. Our suffering just doesn't compare to what the rest of the world experiences.

Lyrics

Standing at ground zero is more than one can bear
You can feel it in your body, you can taste it in the air
But this our greatest loss can't even be compared
To the lives lost each and everyday
To nothing but apathy

We cringe at the thought of just one lost innocent
These our precious moms and dads, sons and daughters of Americans decent
But what of all the bloodshed for oil and power and greed
What of all the lives laid down by nothing but apathy.

All over the world
All over the world

Standing at ground zero with eyes closed it's hard to take a peek
It's hurts to hear forgiving words about turning the other cheek
Vengence is may sayeth man, and we will see justice done.
We will make the killers pay and keep evil on the run

Somewhere in a desert a child lies dying in her mothers embrace
Maybe from the cold or from a gunshot wound,
Maybe with starvation on her face
We who fight for our addictions, we who would gladly die for our ease
We live without compassion and we spread just like a disease
All over the world.

When will we learn that to harm one kills us all
When will we realize the self righteous always fall
When will we take a chance. Listen to the small voice inside
When will we understand we're all fathers and mothers and sisters and brothers
All over the world.