Song for Gaza -
written by Michael Heart
A: First 16 bars - all parts
Ooh x4 (4 bars each ooh) B: Melody while other parts sing ‘ooh’
1. A blinding flash of white light lit up the sky over Gaza tonight
People running for cover not knowing whether they’re dead or alive.
They came with their tanks and their planes,
with ravaging fiery flames and nothing remains,
Just a voice rising up through the smoky haze
C: Chorus: all parts in harmony
We will not go down in the night without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
but our spirit will never die
We will not go down in Gaza tonight.
D: Melody while other parts sing ‘ooh’
2. Women and children alike murdered and massacred night after night
While the so called leaders of countries afar
Debated on who’s wrong or right
But their powerless words were in vain and the bombs fell down like
acid rain
But through the tears and the blood and the pain
You can still hear that voice through the smoky haze:
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C: Chorus: all parts in harmony
D: Melody while other parts sing ‘ooh’
3*. Friends coming over the waves shot at and murdered in cold light
of day
They think they can kill and tell lies to the world and keep Gaza hidden
away
But the struggle will always renew
There'll be more standing up for the truth and when they get through
They'll be singing out loud through the smoky haze
E: Melody alone
We will not go down in the night without a fight
F: Melody, Alto, Tenor
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
but our spirit will never die
G: all parts in harmony
We will not go down in the night without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
but our spirit will never die
We will not go down in Gaza tonight.
* Third verse written by Jeremy Hawthorne, Liverpool SS member.
Alternative 3rd verse written by Mike Cox:
Friends from over the waves sent a boat loaded with drugs and
aid
Vitamins, bandages, medicines, plasma, trying to break the blockade
When the boat drew up close to our shore
They sent their best soldiers aboard
To kill those who stood in their way
Take the boat, leave a voice in the smoky haze
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