Jeff Lustick songs
This is the first draft of a song (based in truth) of a child's experience during the Holocaust in Europe-the father was taken to a concentration camp.
"A Child's Eyes"
Jeff Lustick 2006
It must have been about midnight
When the knock came on the door
Said we've come to take your father
But they never said what for
Dragged him through the shattered doorway
My mother's screams heard in the hall
From now on you do it our way
Or we'll come to take you all
Chorus:
A child's eyes should fill with wonder
At the dawning of the day
Broken spirits drag you under
Steal your childhood away
Entire families disappearing
Everyone will get their turn
No friends or neighbors interfering
Sit and watch the fires burn
I smell the fear, I taste the danger
From those I thought of as my own
Familiar faces turn to strangers
Left to face the night alone
Repeat Chorus
Left or right what does it matter
The work will never make you free
When hope is gone and dreams are battered
Death is all that you can see
Generations bear the sorrow
Visions tatooed on their hearts
Courage most can only borrow
Strength that faith alone imparts
Repeat Chorus
"A Child's Eyes"
Jeff Lustick 2006
It must have been about midnight
When the knock came on the door
Said we've come to take your father
But they never said what for
Dragged him through the shattered doorway
My mother's screams heard in the hall
From now on you do it our way
Or we'll come to take you all
Chorus:
A child's eyes should fill with wonder
At the dawning of the day
Broken spirits drag you under
Steal your childhood away
Entire families disappearing
Everyone will get their turn
No friends or neighbors interfering
Sit and watch the fires burn
I smell the fear, I taste the danger
From those I thought of as my own
Familiar faces turn to strangers
Left to face the night alone
Repeat Chorus
Left or right what does it matter
The work will never make you free
When hope is gone and dreams are battered
Death is all that you can see
Generations bear the sorrow
Visions tatooed on their hearts
Courage most can only borrow
Strength that faith alone imparts
Repeat Chorus
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