Mitch Kess met Cindy Sheehan last summer during her rally in Union Square Park in NYC where the lyrics of her daughter Carly’s poem, “A Nation Rocked to Sleep,” was heard. Kess put the powerful words to music. Listen to the song “A Nation Rocked to Sleep” to the left of the page.
The image above is of Carly Sheehan, as she begins to read the poem, her mother, Cindy Sheehan, looks on near President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, Saturday, April 15, 2006. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Click here to learn more about Cindy Sheehan and get active!
“A Nation Rocked to Sleep” by Carly Sheehan
Have you heard the sound of a mother screaming for her son?
The torrential rains of a mother’s weeping will never be done
They call him a hero, you should be glad that he’s the one,
but have you heard the sound of a mother screaming for her son?
Have you every heard the sound of a father holding back his cries?
He must be brave because his boy died for another man’s lies
The only grief he allows himself are long, deep sighs
Have you every heard the sound of a father holding back his cries?
Have you ever heard the sound of taps played at your brother’s grave?
They say that he died so that the flag will continue to wave
But I believe he died because they had oil to save
Have you ever heard the sound of taps played at your brother’s grave?
Have you ever heard the sound of a nation being rocked to sleep?
The leaders want to keep you numb so the pain won’t be so deep
But if we the people let them continue another mother will weep
Have you ever heard the sound of a nation being rocked to sleep?
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