Artists for Literacy

[shiruji_angie]

Anyone read "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt? I have. I read it in Norwegian, though. The title was transated to "The angel on the 7th stairway step" or something. Maybe just "The angel on the 7th step" too. But, that's not the point. I love this book. Now, when that's been said and done, here is a song, inspired by this book. (I also found a song inspired by the book The Book Thief, but that'll be up in next entry :p)

7th Step
- Debora Pardes

Mom makes the tea, mom fries our last piece of bread
I lay very still here inside my head
Mom feeds the baby milk from her breast
I see she is sad ‘cause she can't feed the rest

But me and my brothers - we're doing ok
The house has got holes - the rain came in today
Upstairs we call Italy and Ireland's below
And on the 7th step between them is where the angels go

Dad spends his wages down at the pub
While we sit here hungry for his fatherly love
He wakes us from sleep and makes us recite
Long live the Irish we should die in the fight

But I'm still too young - 7 going on 8
Here's where I live I sit on these stairs and I wait
Upstairs we call Italy and Ireland's below
And on the 7th step between them is where the angels go

I steal a penny. I hope nobody sees.
I go to confession and I drop down on my knees

If Jesus should come I'd take him around our lane
He'd see how we live and suffer for his name
I'd take him upstairs to Italy and Ireland below
And on the 7th step I'd show him where the angels go

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Lovely, isn't it?
'Tis ;)