Lyrics
it was all right here
just yesterday
where the sun shone in
and i would sometimes pray
i would look below
at familiar streets
now it's shattered glass
'neath my weary feet
and if you were me
what would you do?
leave it all behind?
everything you knew?
in a thundered moment
it was all just gone
but the lightning struck
and i must move on
it was all right here
just yesterday
i would hear them laugh
and i would watch them play
in the gardens close
in the courtyard square
it was all just here
now there's nothing there
and if you were me
what would cloud your mind?
all the harsh unknowns?
of the things you'd find?
to a land of promise?
or a promised land
forty years there waiting
wand'ring in the sand
there was sunshine here
just yesterday
but the storm clouds gathered
and it all turned gray
no one's looking up
at the frightening skies
where the bombs come from
where the smoke must rise
and if you were here
what would you do?
think the day would come
when the skies were blue?
would you still look upward
with no one around?
or just tend to stare
at the fallen ground
she would sit right here
just yesterday
with her lilting songs
for to light each day
a life lived strong
towards the world she faced
til the grace of God
was somehow erased
and if you were me
with a loss so great
would your heart turn dark?
would it freeze in hate?
would your breath grow short?
would your spirit fail
when you heard the cries
and the sirens wail?
and we stood right here
just yesterday
where our parents lived
just a block away
generations set
as the years would turn
now they count the bodies
and the buildings burn
and if you were us
what would you do?
summon deep within
strength you never knew?
what's a refugee?
i never knew the word
but i join the line
like a one-winged bird