Track: 3. What Happened to the Dream? — 3:35

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For two thousand years our vision held fast:
We would go back to the land of our past,
no longer an exile or poor refugee;
We'd return to the land where our children would go free.

Oh, my mother's mother, her family lost
in the terrible blaze of the holocaust;
But my safety can't be bought at the price
of someone else's sacrifice.

What happened to the dream? [twice]

So many years for the city of gold
deep in its heart their stories are told
in the messages left in the old temple wall
in the prayers and the music of the muezzin's call.

What happened to the dream? [twice]

The swamps were drained and the desert bloomed
in the hopes that there would always be room,
but the land wasn't empty as some tried to claim:
Its people had roots and a history and a name.

What happened to the dream? [twice]

Oh Israel, Oh Palestine,
forever our past and our futures entwine,
but soon the land will have nothing to give;
Choose peace and we and our children may live.

What happened to the dream? [twice]

Text, Music: © by Linda Hirschhorn

Lead Vocals: Linda Hirschhorn

Vocal Harmonies: Abbe Lyons, Linda Hirschhorn

Percussion: Jan Padover

Guitar: Nina Gerber

Bass: Sam Page

ISRC: US-CGH-05-75952

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