[HANASHIR:5859] Re: Shoah/Holocaust music

[robt <robt...>]

>Hi all, I wrote this song with Passover in mind a few years ago.
>It tends to stir emotion in me and I would sing it at a Holocaust /
>Rememberance event.   A recording of it is on my Constant Rain CD.
>Lyrical feedback always welcome.   Rob Tobias, Eugene, Oregon
>

WHAT DO I KNOW?

What do I know about suffering?        Compared to what my ancestors endured
What do I know about liberation?       All my life I've had an open door
What is this thing we call freedom?    To live a life an independent soul?
Who's connected to my story?           And what are the things that I
really need to know?

What my father told me
What my mother showed me
What my teacher said that I could be
Why my brother loves me
Why my sister loves me
Why my people are so proud to be free

What do I know about religion?            Stories passed down from books of old
What do I know about  these rituals?   The link between the stories and my soul
What can I say about the children?      Springtime that reminds us
from where we came
Bringing so much  joy and happiness?   Redemption from this world of pain

It's what my father told me
What my mother showed me
What my teacher said that I should see
It's why my brother loves me
Why my sister loves me
Why my people are so proud to be free

What do I know about Passover, the exodus of the Jews
When there was no time for questions, only time to act, choose or lose
What do I know about the holocaust?
By the time I was born they said, "Never again"
But that's what they say about all wars
It was an emotional time well worth remembering

It's what my father told me  What my mother showed me
What my teacher said that I should see
It's why my brother loves me  Why my sister loves me
Why my people are so proud to be free...

by Rob Tobias     ©1993
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