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My Daughter
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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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Peak in subgenre #121
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David Rovics
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David Rovics 2001 All Rights Reserved
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June 16, 2005
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I saw her picking yellow flowers Smiling at the sunlight Weaving stems to make a necklace Working hard to get it all right She reached out to trade it For the bread her mama brought her And when I looked into her eyes, I saw my daughter Her feet were bare as mine were When I grew up in the country And just like her I watched my mother Hanging out the laundry Now she's grabbed some clothes and darted off And her mama chased and caught her And when I looked into her eyes, I saw my daughter Now she's running down the alleyway Dust rising up behind her She hides beneath the rubble Where nobody can find her And when she tires and walks back home Her mama tells her that she loves her And when I looked into her eyes, I saw my daughter And when the sun sets she is hungry But there's no more bread to give her The cement floor is cold tonight And beneath the rags she shivers And as the jet planes scorch the sky She's longing for her brother As the bombs fall in the distance She wonders, will the next one fall much closer It's not so far to Basra And I could be her father 'Cause when I looked into her eyes, I saw my daughter When I looked into her eyes, I saw my daughter
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