How different are we all, really?
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Story behind the song
This is a post 9/11 song. I think it is tragic that the hate and anger that exists on both sides of this "war" shows no signs of abating. It is only going to get worse. . .and where I am all for the removal of dictators who deny people their unalienable human rights,I also understand how WE appear to the rest of the world.
The fact that the American Government is quick to oust someone who threatens their oil company constituency is not lost on me. Milsovic reigned for years unchecked. Additionally there are dozens of tyrants worldwide that no one is doing anything about, becasue they either are making sure that the oil is getting here, or they have no "product" that the Politicians care anything about.
The bottom line is that the politicians can and will continue to use what ever justification they like for their actions. That doesn't change the fact that there are INNOCENT people (women, children, the elderly)worldwide who don't have access to healthcare, education, basic human rights, etc.
This little manuever into Iraq, Afghanistan or wherever is not really going to do anything to help all of that either. Not until people worldwide start behaving as citizens of a world, rather than of a country or religion or ethnic group.
The man said it best: "One world is enough for all of us"
Lyrics
The Rain Still Falls
The world, it turns. . .
Kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall
An eye for an eye
And the children die
And that’s all
We turn our backs,
We close our hands and one thing more
We make a fist
And then insist
On open war
But the rain still falls
It comes down on all of us
The rain still falls
On you and me
The rain still falls
On every one of us
The rain still falls
On you and me
I am not like you
Even though we stand beneath the sun
But then again
Am I a friend
To anyone?
When the rain falls down
When it breaks a hole right through the sky
Falls on you and me
Will we see
That there’s so much more to you and I
But the rain still falls
It comes down on all of us
The rain still falls
On you and me
The rain still falls
On every one of us
The rain still falls
On you and me
