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Where Now Sanctuary

To where now do you run
Perused by the Devil or the law
Chased down by the man with the gun
Or fleeing the evil of a war

Where do you now hide
When all the Churches are locked
Once a Sanctuary and a guide
When your World had been rocked

No longer the Sacred safe haven
Of God in the Chancel
No sanctuary found this side of Heaven
When trying to out run the Devil

Even when blood teams down a deluge
No-one now will offer you safe refuge

Flee now and run for the hill
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Midnight Oil Burning. Ode to Peter Garrett

There has been one big blow out
And an off shore gas and oil well is burning
From the politicians not much of a shout
From the Pop Star Environment Minister churning

Leave it for seven weeks just seeping
A toxic soup into the vast ocean blue
Sky mining might be the new weeping
Evaporated poisons you maybe breathing too

No threat to Australias’ pristine beautiful shores
The currents will drag the oil further away
More hypocrisy from the Government Cor… Continue

Always Remember

The sacrificed soldiers that never return
From all the Worlds’ wars that have raged
Have monuments built where we can mourn
And give thanks for the lives that they have saved

Days are set aside for the Nations to recall
And honour their bravery and sacrifice made
But how many monuments to the Children that fall
Have been built for the price that they have paid

Great monuments and statues stand
Of soldiers armed in their uniform
Can never bring back a Childs hand
To any parent… Continue

Peace

Every day another mans’ war
Since the day I was born
And every day before

It does not matter the uniform worn
No soldier ever stared one
Just following the orders to which he was sworn

With spear sword and the gun
Or the madness of a terrorists’ bomb
The genocide of the innocent is done

Where has all this hate come from
How can we become so divided
Endless terror that will never be gone

Words of the dead misused creating hatred
Hypnotists of say turn dividing us more
How can it be thi… Continue

Terror in Mumbai

Another senseless slaughter
Madness relighting ancient flame
Death to husband wife son and daughter
The guilty the first one they blame

How many dead this time
Have they had time to count the dead
Another stupid senseless evil crime
And just as stupid retaliation to dread

One of the terrorists said it was them
Setting up one group by a name
Just a madness to point again at Him
And paint every other just the same

A mindless game of hate and to divide
To create hate amongst th… Continue