Palestine Lives
Bob A. Feldman
A folk song, written in the 1970s and early 1980s (with a few added lyrics from the 21st-century), about the Palestinian people's struggle for full national self-determination rights and the right of all Palestinians to return to their homeland.
(chorus)
Palestine lives
Palestine will not die
You can pretend it no longer exists
But Palestine will always survive.
(verses)
There’s a people scattered
By a heavily-financed foe
There’s a nation which was shattered
By an army backed by gold
There’s a people now resisting
The years of forced exile
There’s a people who cry out:
That Palestine is still alive. (chorus)
There’s a people with a cause
Which missiles cannot defeat
There’s a nation which was wronged
By oppressors who self-righteously preach
There’s a people now fighting
Experts in international crime
There’s a people who shout out:
That Palestine is still alive. (chorus)
There’s a people with a vision
Of a new society
There’s a nation with a dream
Of a land in which all people will be free
There’s a people now defying
The Western drive to colonize
There’s a people who cry out:
That Palestine is still alive. (chorus)
There’s a people who fight on
From the ruins of Gaza and Beirut
There’s a nation which stands firm
Against tanks, cluster bombs and armed brutes
There’s a people, all alone,
Who resist those who seek genocide
There’s a people who, with blood, say:
That Palestine is still alive. (chorus)