《Blood On TheSquare》
Phillip Morgan





A song was heard in China


in the city of Beijing.


In the spring of 1989


you could hear the people sing


It And it was the song of freedom


that was ringing in the square


the world could feel
the passion ofthe people gathered there


Oh children,
blood is on the square


For many nights
and many days


waiting in the square


"To build a better nation"


was the song that
echoed there


"For we are
China's children


we love our native land


for brotherhood
and freedom


we are joining hand in hand."



Oh children,
blood is on the square.


Then came the People's army


with trucks and
tanks and guns


The government was frightened


of their daughters
and their sons


But in the square was courage and


a vision true and fair,


the Army of the People
would not harm


the young ones there

Oh children,
blood is on the square


On June the 3rd in China


in the spring of '89,


an order
came from high above


and passed on down the line


The soldiers opened fire,


young people bled and died,


the blood of thousands
on the square


that lies can never hide.


Oh children,
blood is on the square

For four more days of fury


the people faced the guns.


How many thousands slaughtered


when their grisly work
was done?


they quickly burned
the bodies


to hide their coward's shame,


but blood is thick
upon their hands and


darkness on their names.


Oh children,
blood is on the square.


There are tears
that flow in China


for her children that are gone.


There is fear and there is hiding,


for the killing still goes on.


And the iron hand
of terror can


buy silence for today,


but the blood that lies
upon the square


cannot be washed away.


Oh children,
blood is on the square.


Oh children,
blood is on the square.


Oh children,
blood is on the square.


Oh children,
blood is on the square.


Oh children,
blood is on the square.


Oh children,
blood is on the square.