Song For Sarajevo

Blood in all the streets, running like a flood There's no where to hide, no where that I can go I reach out my hand, touching death itself Just a holy day in Sarajevo I can hear my heart, pounding like a clock Hiding from the planes and from the bombing Fire from the sky, burning down my life There is no more love and no more longing But when I close my eyes I dream of peace I dream of flowers on the hill I dream I see my mother smiling When I close my eyes I dream of peace Once I had a home, once my life was good Once my mother sang to me and held me Then the fire came, falling from the sky There is no one left who can protect me War's a wicked bird that never comes to rest Feeding on the dreams of all the children War's an evil bird flying in the dark Every holy promise has been broken But when I close my eyes I dream of peace I dream of flowers on the hill I dream I see my mother smiling When I close my eyes I dream of peace Can't you stop the war, bring it to a close You are tall and strong and I am just a child Can't we live in peace, stop the flowing blood Make a blessed world where I can be a child When you close your eyes Do you dream of peace? Do you dream of flowers on the hill? Do you dream, you see your mother smiling When you close your eyes Do you dream of peace? When you close your eyes Do you dream of peace? Do you dream of flowers on the hill? Do you dream, you see your mother smiling When you close your eyes Do you dream of peace? Open up your eyes and give us peace