Allies

Calling all my allies
They're the people with feelings They're the people who look around And can't believe what they're seeing
Calling all my allies
They're the people who cry
for their mother
Her blood is mixing with the flesh
of many nations

How much longer can she sustain us? We're so hungry
Stomp and chomp and spit and dig
her flesh out with our teeth
Our blood is seeping out
with every tear she cries
With every shudder
Who will feed you?
Don't you know that money
grows on trees?

How much is enough?
I look around me and I wonder
how this madness began.
How much is enough?
I hate to think that mass destruction
is the parting gift of man
How much is enough? I'm asking.
How much is enough?

Calling all my allies
Those with hope
and those who are lost
Locked up behind bars of metal
And bars of coercion
I feel you shaking. I feel your heart.
I hear you calling in my sleep.
I'm trying to find my way to you.
How much longer can she sustain us...

Nikki Berry 2000