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lyrics

THE STONING

For the frightened child that’s tied up in the basement
For the paedophile who’s tied up by his sin
For the freedom fighter wrapped up in explosives
Who will take a thousand innocents with him
For the sniper on the rooftop finger ready
For the mothers in the market buying fruit
For the priest who hands out tablets in the skate park
For the bankers in their fine Italian suits

For the fishermen who’ve sucked the ocean empty
For the albatross in net no more to fly
For the carvings in the temple soft and bleeding
For the refugee who’s sewn her lips goodbye
For the razor wire and strobe lights at the disco
For the dancers and their paralytic throb
For the vomit at the doorway to the nightclub
For the comedian whose genius we rob

I have come a long way here to join the stoning
Got a stockpile here of rocks that’s good to go
I’ll just pick myself a target it should be easy
And I’ll throw until there’s nothing left to throw

For the torturer who insists it’s not for money
Though he’s paid for each confession as they come
For the tortured who forgive their carnal captors
Though the gates swing wide they never never run
There’s a stoning here this evening sounds inviting
Tie my hands behind my back before you leave
There’s a stoning here but it’s not for me to throw one
For at this stoning the stones are thrown at me

For all the pimps and those who sell the sacred body
For all the architects of drug related crime
For all the boys and girls who line up round the needle
And for all the elders of our group who say it’s fine
It’s fine, it’s fine, it’s fine
I have travelled quite a distance for this stoning
A long pilgrimage of all my years I’d say
I’m so sorry for my silent indecision
And I’m so sorry that it’s taken till today

John Coleman/Celia Kemp © 2019

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from STONES THAT SING, released June 26, 2020
Scott Targett keyboards
John Coleman lead vocals, acoustic guitar

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John Coleman Hobart, Australia

John Coleman is an Australian singer/songwriter in the acoustic folk/rock tradition who has produced eleven albums of original songs The most recent is Falling Into Light - a collection of songs for meditation - his final collaboration with Noel Davis. Many of John’s songs are inspired by and explore the spirituality of the L’Arche and Quaker communities to which he belongs. ... more

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