MOTHERS DAY SONG

With regard to Mother's Day, honoring the mothers in our lives is all good, of course, but I personally much prefer Julia Ward Howe's original idea behind it -- a day when mothers would take action to prevent war! (Or didn't you realize that?!)

We could and should extend that to the effort to truly support motherhood the world over. Perhaps Steve Jones and his "MOTHERS DAY SONG" captures all these sentiments best.

-Clair

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MOTHERS DAY SONG - Steve Jones

My children are hungry, they’re sick with the heat
While I pick the crops for others to eat

And you take my money, you think I don’t see
You use it to fire on women like me

My children go ragged, their bodies are bare
While I make the clothes for others to wear

And you take my money, you think I don’t see
You use it to fire on women like me

I live in a dump, my landlord’s no good
While I clean the houses in a rich neighborhood

And you take my money, you think I don’t see
You use it to fire on women like me

I wanted my children to have a good skill
But they go in your army and you teach them to kill

Yes you take my children, you think I don’t see
You teach them to fire on women like me.

Rifles and guns won’t win any wars
Unless you’ve got something that’s worth fighting for

Yes you take my children, you think I don’t see
You teach them to fire on women like me.

And you take my money, you think I don’t see
You use it to fire on women like me.