An Eye For An Eye

Look at you on your soap box Voicing loud your views on life How you'd stop the pain of war Put an end to all that strife Tell me where you're coming from Don't you think others have tried Yet no matter what they do Still the innocent have died Take an eye for an eye Draw blood with a bullet Or the blade of a knife An eye for an eye Or a life for a life What gives you the right to preach On how people live their life When will all the hatred stop Guns and bullets, bombs and knives Feed the poor take from the rich Won't this just entice men more Nothing makes no sense at all How will this prevent a war Take an eye for an eye Draw blood with a bullet Or the blade of a knife An eye for an eye Or a life for a life So you think you've found the cure Found a way for lasting peace And you know you're right of course With your views all wars would cease I don't understand at all How you think you are so right Look around you see the truth Man will always fight the fight Take an eye for an eye Draw blood with a bullet Or the blade of a knife An eye for an eye Or a life for a life Jane Shields (C)