BLOOD IS ON THE SQUARE

　　 Phillip Morgan

　　
　　A song was heard in China in the city of Beijing
　　In the spring of 1989, you could hear the people sing,
　　And it was a song of freedom that was ringing in the square
　　The world could feel passion of 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
　　
　　Therw are tears that flow in China for her children that are gone
　　There is fear, there is hiding, for the killing still goes on
　　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