Promised Land - David Rovics

Life could’ve been different

You think I don’t know

I could’ve been born in Paris

Or in the Wisconsin snow

But I’m from this desert

And here I will stand

And I will meet you in the promised land

You know I went to college

To be an engineer

Thought I’d do something useful

But what good is that here

When your jet fighters bomb

Any buildings that stand

I will meet you in the promised land

The life of the fighter

I didn’t choose

But I love my people

And I can follow your cues

If destroying our world

Is your leader’s command

Then I will meet you in the promised land

My name is Mohamed

But I don’t know if it’s true

If we go anyplace better

When our life here is through

But you have butchered my family

You must understand

So I will meet you in the promised land

I know it’s not pretty

But for all that you’ve done

For all the widows and orphans

And all the wars that you’ve won

I must teach you a lesson

Maybe you’ll understand

I will meet you in the promised land

So I will get in this plane

And when it’s in the air

To your symbols of power

And our source of despair

I’ll look out through the cockpit

And steady my hand

And I will meet you in the promised land