David Rovics - Jenin

^FChild, ^Cwhat will you re^Dmmember ^CWhen you recall your sixteenth ^Fyear The ^Fhorrid sound of ^Chelicopter^Dm gunships The ^Crumble of the tanks as they drew ^Fnear ^BbAs the world went about it’s ^Fbusiness And I ^Fburned another ^Ctank of gaso^Dmline The ^FDow Jones ^Clost a couple ^Dmpoints that day While you were ^Bbcrying in the ^CCity of Je^Fnin

^FDid they even ^Cgive your parents ^Dmwarning ^CBefore they blew the windows out with ^Fshells ^FWhile you hid in^Cside the high school ^Dmbasement ^CAmidst the ringing of church ^Fbells ^BbAs you watched your teacher crumble by the ^Fdoorway And in ^FEngland they were ^Ctoasting to the ^DmQueen ^FYou were so ^Cfar from the ^Dmthoughts of so many ^BbHuddled in the ^CCity of Je^Fnin

Were you ^Fthinking of the ^Ctaunting of the ^Dmsoldiers Or of the ^Cshit they smeared upon the ^Fwalls Were you ^Fthinking of your ^Ccousin after ^Dmtorture Or Tel A^Cviv and it’s glittering shopping ^Fmalls When the ^Bbfat men in their mansions say that ^Fyou don’t want peace ^FDid you ^Cwonder what they ^Dmmean As you ^Fsat amidst the ^Cstench inside the ^Dmdarkness ^BbIn the shattered ^CCity of Je^Fnin

^FWhat went ^Cthrough your ^Dmmind on that day At the ^Csight of your mother’s vacant ^Feyes ^FAs she lay ^Cstill among the ^Dmrubble ^CBeneath the blue Middle Eastern ^Fskies As you ^Bbstood upon this bulldozed ^Fbuilding Beside the ^Fsettlements and their ^Chills so ^Dmgreen As your ^Ftears gave way to ^Cgrim determin^Dmation Among the ^Bbruins of the ^CCity of Je^Fnin

And ^Fwhy should ^Canybody ^Dmwonder As you ^Cstepped on ^Fboard The ^Fcrowded ^Cbus across the ^DmGreen Line And you ^Creached inside your jacket for the ^Fcord Were you ^Bbthinking of your neighbors buried ^Fbodies ^FAs you made the ^Cstage for this ^Dmscene As you ^Fset off the ^Cexplosives that were ^Dmstrapped around your waist Were you ^Bbthinking of the ^CCity of Je^Fnin