My Country

This is the song of my homeland, with its old new feel A country unique and wonderful, the Land of Israel A land that is dry, hot and sunny A land of riches, of milk and honey A land of a hundred tongues, a modern Tower of Babel A land reclaimed from wreck and ruin, from arid soil hard scrabble A land where the barren desert blooms once more A land where innocent civilians die, the daily toll of war A land that is holy to Christians, Muslims, and Jews A land where you are free to worship as you choose A land where soldiers are every vigilant, uzis at the ready A land where Holy Men beseech the Messiah, Come already! A land fought for, haggled over for centuries, for millenia on end A land where the heart of the stranger and sufferer, the Lord will surely mend