Iraqi Civilian

I'm woken in the middle of the night
the bomb blasts woke me again
i run to protect my only baby
but shes not where she should have been

NO!!! she cant have gone outside
if they see her she'll be shot
i cant lose my only child
shes all i have, all Ive got

i search the rest of our shack
but shes nowhere in sight
i know I'm gonna have to go look
in the cold and starless night

please if your listening hear me
"o please dear god i pray
you've got to let me find her
she just cant be taken away"

my mom was killed when i was ten
my dad when i was five
they took my older brother to fight
only me and my baby are alive

if shes not killed by one of the bombs
then the soldiers surely will
i don't have the weapons they look for
so why are we suffering still?

take your troops out of my home
put your guns on the blood stained ground
stop killing my friends and family
i hate all these suffering sounds

my only child is out there
shes alone and shes not yet three
and if shes seen they'll just shoot
they wont warn her, or me

how can they have so much hate
to want each and everyone dead
they are the real terrorists
they're supplying the hot flying lead

i cant find my little baby
"god please lead her back to me"
how can i even look for her
when smoke and blood are all i see

every night for over a year
we hide in our little shack
we're starting to almost wish
that sadam would come back

things haven't gotten better
even more people have died
you cant reason with these Americans
I'd be killed if i even tried

o dear young child please be safe
are you looking for daddy as he fights?
you'll never find him baby
i doubt that hes alright

I'm trying to forget him
he just broke into my home
raped me until i cried in pain
and then left me on my own

thats how I'm a mom at only 14
but i wouldn't trade you for anything
rapist Americans; the patriots
ya, let freedom ring

freedom for the rich to get richer
the weak to get slowly killed
thats me and you my baby
but for now we're alive still

O dear lord that cant be her
please tell me it isn't so
my only pride and joy in life....
i refuse to believe it...NO!!!

looks like they found her first
they got her before i did
your not a threat why did they shoot?
don't they see your only a kid

the soldier who did it still stands
so proud and tall above his kill
ill murder whoever shot you baby
i swear on my grave i will

for now i cradle your body
kneeling at this soldiers feet
i look into his cold dead eyes
and he stares back at me

tears slip down my face
he aims his gun and I'm glad
cus the man staring down at me
is none other than your dad

"shoot me" i tell him
first your daughter now me
lord why couldn't you listen
and have granted me my plea

one shot, I'm dead with her in my arms
he walks away and doesn't look back
tears and blood spilled everywhere
all because i was born in Iraq