CHILDREN OF SILENCE- London School Of Jewish Song-
Composed by Suzie Rein, Lyrics by Jeffrey Craimer- Children of Silence
(NOTE: There is another version recorded by London- Ashira)

OPENER:
The white snow lying on the city rooftops
the square, vast and empty- glowing red in winter sunset…
and as I stand looking, looking at the people
looking deep, deep into the eyes of the children,
eyes that are searching, questioning me:
Do you care? Does anybody care?

AD LIB:
Children of silence, I hear your voice crystal clear,
A voice with a sadness, a voice with a tear…

LIGHT SWING:
When will those chains of despair in my heart
be broken, be torn away?
When will the curtain of loneliness part,
to cast a light of freedom on my day?

Come join in my song,
Come bridge a thousand miles,
Your harmony I long,
Your voice, your hand, your smiles.
(x2)

AD LIB:
There is no gloom like the darkness of the lonely,
there is no chill like the cold of despair;
no solitude like a person abandoned
for expressing a desire his heritage to share…

LIGHT SWING:
Teach me those customs I long to keep,
my grandfather loved them so well;
tell me those stories, so broad and deep
and the future they foretell.

Come join in my song,
Come bridge a thousand miles,
Your harmony I long,
Your voice, your hand, your smiles.
(x2)

AD LIB:
Children of silence, children of gloom,
we see your anguish from distance so great.
The voice of your silence is heavy with dread,
we fear for your safety, we fear your fate.

LIGHT SWING:
We lift up our eyes to heaven above,
comfort and hope is our prayer;
what can we do for the brethren we love,
to show them how much we care?

We’ll join you in your song
To bridge a thousand miles.
Your harmony we long,
Your voice, your hand, your smiles.
(x4)