| Waters, Roger - In Russell Tribunal On Palestine (nipote) (MP4 / MPG) |
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| Recorded at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. Great collection of youtube rips. From the info file: Roger Waters - 2014-09-25 - Brussels, Belgium Roger Waters appeared at the Russell Tribunal at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, in support of Palestinian people. During his participation there, he played a new song Lay Down Jerusalem (If I Had Been God) I found on YouTube some stuff, and I made a multicam for the song. ****************************************************************************************** If I Had Been God (Lay Down Jerusalem) If I had been God I would’ve rearranged the things in the face to make them more resistant to alcohol And less prone to aging If I had been God I would have sired many sons and I would not have suffered The Romans to kill even one of them If I had been God With my staff and my wine If I had been given the nod I believed I might have done a better job And if I were a drone Patrolling foreign skies If I were a drone patrolling foreign skies With my electronic eyes for guidance And the element of surprise I would be afraid to find someone home Maybe a woman at a stove Baking bread, making rice or just boiling down some bones If I were a drone Lay down Jerusalem Lay your burden down Lay down Jerusalem Lay your burden down The temple’s in ruins The bankers get fed The buffalo’s gone and The mountain top’s flat The trout in the streams are all hermaphrodite You lean to the left but you fall to the right Lay down --- gulf stream In --- pools There’s 99 cents worth of drunkards and fools Lay down Lay down And if I were a Muslim and you were a Jew If I were a Mennonite and you were an ---- Would we exchange the weight of these chains Chains of belief and the carnage on the trains To turn over a new leaf If I had been God I would not have chosen anyone I would have laid an even hand On all my children, every one I would have been content To follow Ramadan and Lent Time better spent Spent in the company of friends Breaking bread and mending nets Splish splash, hallelujah Splish splash, hallelujah Splish splash, hallelujah There were ten in the pool, some black, some white Well the yellow one drowned, and then there were nine Splish splash, hallelujah Splish splash, hallelujah Three in a pool is the general rule One too many, and then there were two Splish splash, hallelujah Splish splash, hallelujah Splish splash, hallelujah There were two in the pit, and the little one said “Roll over, you’re dead” The champion sits On his golden throne In his echoing, empty, magnificent home Looking out over the sea of bones The last man standing, stands alone Lay down, Jerusalem Lay down, Jerusalem Lay down, Jerusalem The champion sits On his golden throne In his echoing, empty, magnificent home Looking out over the sea of bones The last man standing, stands alone Lay down ****************************************************************************************** Nipote - 2014-09-30 |