"The Road to Galilee"
Down the road there's a sign,
Standing in a grove of olive trees
Where an old man is gathering fruit
While on his knees--
His head is bowed
And a tear is in his eye--
Oh why is there a tear in his eye?
The sign says these trees must come down
To make way for the road to our town
That we've built high up on the hill
That's looking down on your land and your homes--
Make way
For the road to Galilee--
Make way for the road to Galilee.
[Interlude] Make way, make way...
Old man, get away, get away
Before its too late
A bulldozer is knocking hard upon your gate
And the soldiers are coming
And they will strike you down
Oh they will strike you to the ground.
[Interlude: as a chorus chants "get away" repeatedly, lead singer refrains with "Old man, old man...Old man get away before it's too late"--ad lib]
Down the road an old man is walking
Tears are in his eyes
And he's holding an olive branch up to the sky
And as he turns he drops [or "throws"] it to the ground
The yellow dusty ground
On the road, on the road to Galilee,
On the road to Galilee
On the road, on the road to Galilee.
