Through a Child's Eyes

from Here, There, and NEWhere by Gary Ehrlich

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Inspired by a performance of "The Diary of Anne Frank" in which my father participated.

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Through a child's eyes, a tale of hope against despair.
Through a child's eyes, a tale of lives cut short.
The doors that will not slam shut, the walls that won't close in.
The good that lies within the heart, that won't let evil win.
The horrors brought by people who let hatred rule their lives
I see the fires burn through a child's eyes.

Through a child's eyes, I see her words take flight again.
Through a child's eyes, The fam-'lies live once more.
Across the years her story will briefly take the stage.
Their joys and terrors passing by, a diary's turning page.
While heroes from the outside try and help them to survive.
I see them live again through a child's eyes.

Through a child's eyes, I see the tears are falling down.
Through a child's eyes, I see the shock and pain.
A soul is deeply moved by a young girl's tragic fate.
A mind has learned from history what happens when we hate.
I feel hope that the millions will not once more have to die.
And see the future born through a child's eyes.
I see the future born through a child's eyes.

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from Here, There, and NEWhere, released August 28, 2020
Words and music by Gary Ehrlich (c) July 1995
Recorded July 4, 2020 on Zoom H2n

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Gary Ehrlich Rockville, Maryland

Gary stalks the stages and filk rooms of Northeast cons, singing of space flight, lunar colonies and hyperspace hotels.

Gary was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 2012.

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