Back to the real world
The Stop The War Coalition are organising a demonstration outside 10 Downing Street on Saturday 17th April, in protest at further UK involvement in Iraq.
This week will no doubt contain yet more examples of how this coalition's extended holiday* in Iraq is uniting Iraqis to liberate themselves from the liberators. If I'm in the UK that day I shall once again be there.
Holiday, Michael Hedges, 1985
Relax
Get away from it all
No solution seems to last
It's a holiday
Wear a smile
Put on a celebration mask
Take off
Leave a trail
Let the children wave their sparklers through the sky
It's a holiday
But if the fuses get too short
They won't ask why
They won't ask why
If you hover above your enemy
And you're ready to send your aluminum boxes down
It's a holiday
Send your soldiers on a one-way weekend pass
There's a field of blue in my memory
But the stars reform and the stripes begin to fade
For the holiday
When the world turns Independence Day at last
At last
My country
Tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
Of thee I sing
Land where my fathers died
Land of the Pilgrim's pride
From every mountainside
Let Freedom ring
Let Freedom ring
Let it ring
This week will no doubt contain yet more examples of how this coalition's extended holiday* in Iraq is uniting Iraqis to liberate themselves from the liberators. If I'm in the UK that day I shall once again be there.
Holiday, Michael Hedges, 1985
Relax
Get away from it all
No solution seems to last
It's a holiday
Wear a smile
Put on a celebration mask
Take off
Leave a trail
Let the children wave their sparklers through the sky
It's a holiday
But if the fuses get too short
They won't ask why
They won't ask why
If you hover above your enemy
And you're ready to send your aluminum boxes down
It's a holiday
Send your soldiers on a one-way weekend pass
There's a field of blue in my memory
But the stars reform and the stripes begin to fade
For the holiday
When the world turns Independence Day at last
At last
My country
Tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
Of thee I sing
Land where my fathers died
Land of the Pilgrim's pride
From every mountainside
Let Freedom ring
Let Freedom ring
Let it ring