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Monday, November 13, 2006

Free Zone

My father bought it
For just two coins
The lamb! The lamb!
My father bought it
For just two coins
As the Haggadah relates


Along came the cat
And ate up the lamb
The dog choked the cat
That ate the lamb
That my father bought
For just two coins
The lamb! The lamb!


Along came the stick
To beat the dog
That choked the cat
That ate the lamb
That my father bought
That he bought
For just two coins
The lamb! The lamb!


Then came a fire
And burnt the stick
That beat the dog
That choked the cat
That ate the lamb
That my father bought
For just two coins
The lamb! The lamb!


Then water came
And quenched the fire
That burnt the stick
That beat the dog
That choked the cat
That ate the lamb
That my father bought
For just two coins
The lamb! The lamb!


Then came an ox and drank the water
That quenched the fire
That burnt the stick
That beat the dog
That choked the cat
That ate the lamb
That my father bought
For just two coins
The lamb! The lamb!


Along came a butcher and killed the ox
That drank the water
That quenched the fire
That burnt the stick
That beat the dog
That choked the cat
That ate the lamb
That my father bought.


Then came the Angel of Death
And slew the butcher
Who killed the ox
That quenched the fire
That burnt the stick
That beat the dog
That choked the cat
That ate the lamb
That my father bought
For just two coins
The lamb! The lamb!


Why do you sing, little lamb?
Spring isn't yet here
And Passover neither


Have you changed?
I have changed this year
And every evening,
Like each evening,
I have only asked four questions
But, tonight,
I have thought of another question
How long will this circle of horror last?


Tonight, I have thought of another question
How long will this circle of horror last?


Of persecutor and persecuted,
Of executioner and victim
When will this madness end?
What has changed this year?
This year, I have changed
I was a meek lamb
I have become a tiger and a wild wolf
I was a dove, a gazelle
Today, I don't know who I am


My father bought it
For just two coins
The lamb! The lamb!
Our father bought it
For just two coins
And everything is starting again…

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