*Tom Waits (III)

Young Abdel Madi Shabneh was only 18 years old
he was the youngest of nine children,
he'd never spent a night away from home
and his mother held his photograph
up in the New York Times
You see the killing has intensified
along the road to peace.

He was a tall thin boy with a whispy moustache,
disguised as an Orthodox Jew
On a crowded bus in Jerusalem, some had survived World War II
and the thunderous explosion blew out windows, 200 yards away
more retribution and 17 dead, along the road to peace.

Now at King George Avenue and Jaffa Road, passengers boarded bus 14A
in the aisle next to the driver Abdel Madi Shabneh
and the last thing that he said on earth was "God is great and God is good"
and he blew them all to kingdom come, upon the road to peace.

Now in response to this, another kiss of death was visited upon
Yashir Tehah, Israel said is an Hamas Senior militant
Israel sent four choppers in, flames engulfed his white Opel
And it killed his wife and his three years old child,
leaving only blackened skeletons.

They found a toddler's bottle and a pair of small shoes,
and they waved them in front of the cameras
but Israel said they did not know that his wife and child were in the car
There are roadblocks everywhere and only suffering on TV
neither side will ever give up their smallest right, along the road to peace.

Israel launched its latest campaign against Hamas on Tuesday
And two days later Hamas shot back and killed five Israeli soldiers
Though thousands dead and wounded on both sides,
most of them Middle Eastern civilians
They fill their children full of hate, to fight an old man's war and die
upon the road to peace.

"And this is our land we will fight with all our force", say the Palastinians and the Jews
And each side will cut off the hand of anyone who tries to stop the Resistance
If the right eye offends thee, then you must pluck it out
And Machoud Abbas and Sharon had been lost, along the road to peace.

Once Kissinger said: "We have no friends, America only has interests"
And now our president wants to be seen as a hero and he's hungry for re-election
But Bush is reluctant to risk his future, with the fear of his political failures(3)
So he plays chess at his desk and poses for the press, ten thousand miles from the road to peace

In a video that they found at the home of Abdel Madi Shabneh
He held a Kalashnikov riffle, and he spoke with the voice like a boy
He was an excellent student, he studied so hard, it was as if he had a future
He told his mother he had a test that day, out along the road to peace.

The fundamentalist killing on both sides is standing in the path of peace
And tell me, why are we arming the Israeli army with guns and tanks and bullets?
And if god is great and god is good, why can't he change the hearts of men?
Well, maybe god himself is lost and needs help
Maybe god himself he needs all of our help
Maybe god himself is lost and needs help
He's out upon the road to peace.

Maybe god himself is lost and needs help
Maybe god himself he needs all of our help
And he's lost upon the road to peace
And he's lost upon the road to peace
Out upon the road to peace.