she dreams of nineteen sixtynine
before the soldiers came
the life was cheap on bread and wine
and sharing meant no shame
she is awakened by the screams
of rockets flying from nearby
and scared she clings onto her dreams
to beat the fear that she might die
and who will have won
when the soldiers have gone
from the lebanon
the lebanon
before he leaves the camp he stops
he scans the world outside
and where there used to be some shops
is where the snipers sometimes hide
he left his home the week before
he thought he’d be like the police
but now he finds he is at war
weren’t we supposed to keep the peace
and who will have won
when the soldiers have gone
from the lebanon the lebanon
the lebanon from the lebanon
i must be dreaming
it can’t be true
i must be dreaming
it can’t be true
and who will have won
when the soldiers have gone
from the lebanon the lebanon
the lebanon from the lebanon
Artist: The Human League
Year: 1984
Decade: 80s
Language: en
Word Count: 72