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Little Orphan Ali (Bite the Hand)
By E J Frank
As you lie there in the hospital
Staring wide-eyed at the world
Knowing only what they've told you
Knowing only what you've heard
Did you know the hand that cured you
With its skilful surgeon's knife
Is the hand that tried to murder you
To take away your life?
The hand that reaches out to you
Has made you lose your own
The hand that tries to comfort you
Left you orphaned and alone
An unwitting pawn in Bush's game
You make them feel they're not to blame
Can't you see it's exploitation
It's just plain humiliation
It's a desperate search for glory
It's a human interest story
And the verdict is unanimous
"Don't the allies look magnanimous!"
Did you know the hand that feeds you
Is the hand that waits to kill?
The hand that tries to calm you down
Can drain away your will
The hand that tries to comfort you
Has made you lose your own
The hand that reaches out to you
Can cut you to the bone
Conquering heroes USA
Come storming in to save the day
It's part of Bush's 'New World Order'
Starbucks on each Baghdad corner
Making sure the Stars and Stripes
Still control the oil pipes
The war was not about Saddam
Just oil wells for Uncle Sam!
Ali you must understand
You must never trust the hand
And soon when all the fuss dies down
In this bleak Iraqi town
With its people now downtrodden
Ali, soon you'll be forgotten
When the cameras go away
And there's nothing more to say
Nobody will know your name
Quickly they'll forget their shame
The hand that has now cured you
With its patronising pill
Is the hand that tried to murder you
The hand that longs to kill
The hand that once reached out to you
Has made you lose your own
The hand no longer comforts you
You face the world alone.
© May 2003
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