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| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| Neighborhood Bully |
| 2012-07-03 |
| I run into this while looking for something else (antonym for "bully"). And I just had to post it. Well, the neighborhood bully, heÂ’s just one man His enemies say heÂ’s on their land They got him outnumbered about a million to one He got no place to escape to, no place to run HeÂ’s the neighborhood bully The neighborhood bully just lives to survive HeÂ’s criticized and condemned for being alive HeÂ’s not supposed to fight back, heÂ’s supposed to have thick skin HeÂ’s supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in HeÂ’s the neighborhood bully The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land HeÂ’s wandered the earth an exiled man Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn HeÂ’s always on trial for just being born HeÂ’s the neighborhood bully Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized Old women condemned him, said he should apologize. Then he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was glad The bombs were meant for him. He was supposed to feel bad HeÂ’s the neighborhood bully Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim That heÂ’ll live by the rules that the world makes for him Â’Cause thereÂ’s a noose at his neck and a gun at his back And a license to kill him is given out to every maniac HeÂ’s the neighborhood bully He got no allies to really speak of What he gets he must pay for, he donÂ’t get it out of love He buys obsolete weapons and he wonÂ’t be denied But no one sends flesh and blood to fight by his side HeÂ’s the neighborhood bully Well, heÂ’s surrounded by pacifists who all want peace They pray for it nightly that the bloodshed must cease Now, they wouldnÂ’t hurt a fly. To hurt one they would weep They lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleep HeÂ’s the neighborhood bully Every empire thatÂ’s enslaved him is gone Egypt and Rome, even the great Babylon HeÂ’s made a garden of paradise in the desert sand In bed with nobody, under no oneÂ’s command HeÂ’s the neighborhood bully Now his holiest books have been trampled upon No contract he signed was worth what it was written on He took the crumbs of the world and he turned it into wealth Took sickness and disease and he turned it into health HeÂ’s the neighborhood bully WhatÂ’s anybody indebted to him for? NothinÂ’, they say. He just likes to cause war Pride and prejudice and superstition indeed They wait for this bully like a dog waits to feed HeÂ’s the neighborhood bully What has he done to wear so many scars? Does he change the course of rivers? Does he pollute the moon and stars? Neighborhood bully, standing on the hill Running out the clock, time standing still Neighborhood bully |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #1 Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized Old women condemned him, said he should apologize. Then he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was glad The bombs were meant for him. He was supposed to feel bad Ah yes, a classic from His Bobness. Released soon after the Osirak bombing. The "old woman" refers to Margaret Thatcher who fired a blistering verbal attack on Israel from parliament. I've hated Maggie for that; so did Bob it would seem. |
| Posted by: Glinesh Craling7938 2012-07-03 16:30 |