Lyrics

Bethlehem is Burning


We the people of the world
Condemn the theft of our religion
Ancient grudges of desert tribes
Drive the wars that ruin lives

Religious leaders you run your churches
Like global corporations
Fight like demons for market share
Of the souls in the poorest nations
While you put your focus on the spoils
The generals fight for gold, soil, or oil
You must stand up to the men of war
That?s what God made you leaders for

We honor Jesus, we honor Buddha
We honor Yahweh, and Allah
But we do not honor cold old men
Who tell us just what not to do and then
Abuse their power and their privilege
Bethlehem is burning

We put our children in your hands
So they can learn how to build
What God has planned
One world struggling to evolve
We need our faith
There?s problems to be solved

Father pedophile,
Six gun rabbi,
Sniper mullah
Will your God be proud of you?
And all the things you do?
Bethlehem is burning