Verse 1
\nHear a mother softly cry
\nBeneath the dark and mournful sky
\nWar claimed her child and she asks why\u2026.
\nHow can this be?<\/p>\n
Verse 2
\nThe forlorn father rocks and cries
\nAs he begins to realize
\nThe light has gone from his son’s eyes\u2026.
\nHow can this be?<\/p>\n
Chorus
\nYou can talk about hatred,
\nYou can talk about war,
\nYou can talk about killing
\nWhile we all keep score,
\nAnd we count all the bodies and
\nCount them once more\u2026.
\nHow can this be?<\/p>\n
Verse 3
\nThis victim of hostility
\nCut down by our brutality
\nCould be the child of you and me\u2026.
\nHow can this be?<\/p>\n
Verse 4
\nWith guns to shoot and bombs to drop
\nThe killers reap their bitter crop,
\nGrim harvest that we never stop….
\nHow can this be?<\/p>\n
Verse 5
\nThe dogs of war again run wild
\nKilling yet another child–
\nInnocence and love defiled\u2026.
\nHow can this be?<\/p>\n
Hook
\nChildren have to pay the price
\nFor debts they do not owe.
\nTime and time again they pay,
\nThe children can’t say no.<\/p>\n
Verse 6
\nShattered bodies, shattered lives
\nAs yet another victim dies
\nEven God averts his eyes\u2026.
\nHow can this be?
\n_______________________________<\/p>\n
\u00a9 2002 Music:<\/strong> Harrison Childers, John Cannon. Lyrics:<\/strong> Harrison Childers, John Cannon, Tom Greening.<\/em><\/p>\n Tom Greening:<\/strong><\/em> \u201cI engage in five professional activities:<\/em> Hear a mother softly cry
\nFaculty Member at Saybrook University<\/em>
\nPrivate Practice of Psychotherapy<\/em>
\nClinical Professor of Psychology, UCLA<\/em>
\nInternational Editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology<\/em>
\nWriting (Poetry).\u201d<\/em>
\nwww.tomgreening.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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