Five Sisters - Exclusive download- 2010

Read Martyn`s diary entry of 31st December 2008 for the inspiration behind this moving and compelling song of a father in Gaza who lost five precious daughters when an Israeli rocket, aimed at a building next door, destroyed their home.Below are two versions of the song, the first a full version and the second a stripped back acoustic version.Five SistersFive Sisters AcousticThis is not the place for vengeanceNot a place for battle criesThis is no rally it’s a funeralFor five sisters lives Every day I watched them growingIn the night I watched them breatheBut it only takes a secondFive sisters goneWe walk we breathe we are not animalsThough you treat us like we areI never fired a rocket sir at anyoneBut you may have pushed too farThe propaganda of the leadersMaking speeches heads held highI want them standing by this gravesideWhere five sisters lieEvery day…Take away a mans waterBuild upon his landRaise a mighty wall around himWhat is it you don’t understand?Make his children walk in squalorWith only night stars for a viewThen the rage within that helplessnessOne day comes back at youEvery day....But this is not the place for vengeanceNot a place for battle criesThis is n o rally it’s a funeralFor five sisters livesOne day I’ll buy a rocketAnd I will aim it at the skyCelebrate in the light of a thousand coloursI pray, peace and justice in our timeFor five sistersToo late for my five daughtersFor five sistersToo late for my five daughter