AS A CHILD

©2004 Jack W. Gladstone

As a Child I’d prepare for war in the name of Uncle Sam

I’d gather toys and play away in foreign lands

I’d always seem to win and live to fight again

As a Child I’d prepare for war

As a Child I’d prepare for war, the kind our fathers fought

On the seas and on the lands, from Europe to Japan

Luckily they won.  Is killing ever done?

In busy haste I’d prepare for war

Awaken Child the dreams you held

So close and oh, so dear

Are really not quite what they seemed

Back in your younger years

And the tears shed by the mothers

For their sons and for the others

Have drifted down the rivers to the sea

Will they circle, to fall on you and me?

As a Child I’d prepare for war in the name of Uncle Sam

I’d dress my ships and planes in decals, oh so grand

For we were number one in freedom, and the Sun

would shine on us as we prepared for war

For we were number one in freedom, and the Sun

Shines on us as we engage in war.

 

INTO A CHILD'S EYES

©2004 Jack W.  Gladstone

As I looked into Dad’s eyes for the last time

I saw serenity of heart redeemed by love

As I shook his hand and pulled him close

In what became our final hug

I felt a bow of sunlight bridge us from above

From the mist of ether life delivers promise

Chasin’ rainbows finding joy to rise anew

Today I took a chance, and slowed the dance

And fell on bended knee

As I looked into A Child’s Eyes, I saw you

Earth and Sky are unified in story

Elders turn to rainbows in the fall

They become like children again

(Musical Interlude)

 

Earth and Sky are unified in story

Elders follow rainbows in the fall

May we see like children again

Till we breathe our final Amen

As I looked into a Child’s Eyes

Look into a Child’s Eyes

When I look into a Child’s Eyes

I see you

I see you

(Goodnight Grandpa, Goodnight Dad)