#15. TIANANMEN SQUARE
a song..
(vocal, flute, piccolo, cello, kettle drum, light bell, gong, cymbals)

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#15. TIANANMEN SQUARE

instrumental opening

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Once upon a time at Tiananmen Square;
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holes in flesh bullets did tear.
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Wounding and killing so many there;
pain, suffering, beyond compare.
Death in the midst of Tiananmen Square.
Deep in the heart of Tiananmen Square

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Stains on the stones at Tiananmen Square;
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dark red blood droplets lay everywhere.
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Clotted and blistered from the hot dry air;
spilled by those without any care.
Spilled on the stones of Tiananmen Square.
Blood from their bones on Tiananmen Square.

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Screams and shrieks from Tiananmen Square;
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chilling sad sounds now fill the air.
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Peace pierced, spirits and bodies no longer do share;
kindness and loving now so very rare.
Deaths sad songs sung from Tiananmen Square.
Their sad songs sung at Tiananmen Square.

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Brother against brother at Tiananmen Square;
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violence and hate separating the pair.
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One whose death now the other must bare;
ill sick reward from the dragons dank lair.
Fighting each other at Tiananmen Square.
Killing each other at Tiananmen Square.

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From all who died at Tiananmen Square;
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there is loss, emptiness and great despair.
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Now those that lost loved ones Oh so fair;
at horror in solitude they blankly do stare.
They won't forget Tiananmen Square.
Don't you forget Tiananmen Square.

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Oh please don't forget Tiananmen Square.

Oh please don't forget, Oh please don't forget,
Oh please don't forget Tiananmen Square.

Oh please don't forget, Oh please don't forget,
Oh please don't forget Tiananmen Square.

repeat and softly fade away.........

I am still alive; and so too, is my opposition

FranCisco d Nostromo

I am FranCisco d Nostromo
I have spoken
I will speak again.
It's your turn now!