Did you see them praying   And the Army marching in   As they clubbed old women   Did you see the general grin   Watch the stones fly   And the snipers taking aim   On Shatila's birthday   It's a calculated game   They're gunning down the children of Jerusalem      Did you hear the screaming   See the horror in his face   As he hid for cover   In a tiny, unprotected place   Did you hear his father pleading   "There is a child here"   Trying to protect his son   Who yelled in terror and fear   That they're gunning down the children of Jerusalem      Did you feel the wind blow   From the helicopter blades   Did you smell the tear gas   See the demolition raids   Did you see the rockets   And the dum-dum bullets fly   Did you feel the horror   To watch one more young boy die   As they're gunning down the children of Jerusalem      Did you see the roadblocks   Letting nobody go past   Watch the blood flow   As time is running fast   See someone's brother   Taking his last breath   So close to the hospital   But closer still to death   And they're gunning down the children of Jerusalem      Did you hear the fatcats   Say, "It's not what it appears   It's an armed uprising   A realization of our fears   Do you hear them chanting   That this is their homeland   They want what's ours   And we've got to make a stand   So we're gunning down the children of Jerusalem"      Some want power   And it seems the world's theirs to give   Some just want peace   And a decent place to live   Some talk of destiny   And what their God has willed   And a mother weeps   That her nine-year-old's been killed   They're gunning down the children of Jerusalem