No Time to Play
Beat and battered by the news today
Mass killings in a country far away
Cut down to size, reduced to prey
Silent children, no time to play
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How many carats does the jewel weigh
that renders a price that cannot allay
Thirty-two dead babies on display
Silent children, no time to play
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New life in bandages, not crochet
Orphaned today reads her dossier
Tears won't stop the bullets that betray
Silent children, no time to play
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Love knows no bounds, there is no gray
No matter the language, it speaks to convey
When you pray to your God, how do you say
Silent children, no time to play
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I love my baby in the same way
As the Syrian mother who died this day
Under the same sun and moon we lay
Why silent children, no time to play
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