'Twas the Night of the Bombing

 'Twas the night of the bombing

And all through the streets

Lay the evidence of war

And its piercing drumbeat

They huddled as one

In the subway's embrace

The lives they once lived

Now gone without trace

A baby doll rested

At the little girl's side

While her mother sat silent

No tears left to cry

The sounds of war shattered

The last embers of joy

While her little boy clinged

To his favorite toy

What had they done

To deserve such a fate

What had gone wrong

To be covered in hate

The house they once knew

Was suddenly no more

The flames now destroying

Any trace of before

It was a night of destruction

Of the world that had been

As she sat underground

And shook at war's din

Come Satan, come Devil

Come do what you will

The night sky now shrieking

Of the people you'll kill

Come blitzkrieg, come sirens

That sing songs of death

As she lay down in fear

Of her children's last breath

In the morning's first light

If they should survive

She'll arise from this tomb

And thank God they're alive

But this night of the bombing

She'll never let go

As her children hold close

A world they'll nevermore know