Tonight At Dawn

Tonight At Dawn
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Tonight at dawn
The sun will rise in the north
Monkeys will show disappointment in man
Bush will dine with Saddam in Iraq
Castro will hail America
The Nile will travel backwards to its source

Tonight at dawn
Hitler will be declared a hero in Israel
Flower children’s children will want another war
Poets will get MTV awards
Children will eat Thanksgiving turkey in Ethiopia
Ripe mangoes will fall upwards to the tree

Tonight at dawn
The wound in the ozone layer will heal
Passports will become passé
Lions will hunt poachers with automatic weapons
Icebergs will float gently to the Arabian Sea
The great white shark will smile and wink at me

Tonight at dawn
Lennon will sing ‘Imagine’ at a concert for Bin Laden
The dead will mourn and pray for the living
In the gentle light of the double eclipsed moon
A century will pass while we gaze
Immersed in a single moment
I will give you the Taj Mahal


And
You will tell me you love me,
Tonight at dawn