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The Death of Rachel Corrie
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Rachel Corrie was part of an ISM (International Solidarity Movement) delegation in Rafah, Palestine when she was killed by a young Israeli terrorist in a bulldozer.
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"If the great Phil Ochs were to rise from the dead today, he would probably be hailed as the new David Rovics." Andy Kershaw, BBC
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Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
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Peak #20
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
David Rovics
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David Rovics 2003 All Rights Reserved
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May 26, 2005
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Rachel Corrie was part of an ISM (International Solidarity Movement) delegation in Rafah, Palestine when she was killed by a young Israeli terrorist in a bulldozer. She was a friend of many people I knew from my days at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
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When she sat down in the dirt In front of your machine A lovely woman dressed in red You in military green If you had met her in Jerusalem You might have asked her on a date But here you were in Gaza Rolling towards the gate As your foot went to the floor Did you recall her eyes Did her gaze remind you That you've become what you despise As you rolled on towards this woman And ignored all the shouts to stop Did you feel a shred of doubt As you watched her body drop And as your Caterpillar tracks Upon her body pressed With twenty tons of deadly force Crushed the bones within her chest Could you feel the contours of her face As you took her life away Did you serve your country well On that cool spring day And when you went back across the Green Line Back to the open shore Did you think that this was just another day In a dirty war And when you looked out on the water Did you feel an empty void Or was it just one more life you've taken One more home destroyed Created March, 2003 Copyright David Rovics 2003, all rights reserved
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