Stand up to him Joe!
The daily routine, go from the hospitals third floor to the shelter in Lviv
Finally forced to load up the kids, grab what they can carry and leave
Tears drop as they climb aboard without their husbands on trains rolling to the west
Slowly their homeland fades from view, the place that they loved the best
NATO witnesses the destruction of lives with their hands in their pockets
While Ukraine is razed by the madman in Moscow hurling rockets
All because we might start a world war, the powder keg might blow
Well, I don’t believe cowering in fear will make it any better, stand up to him Joe!
Svetlana tries to smile holding Alexander’s hand as they head to Poland
Alexander no longer cries he just plays and holds his Teddy bear's hand
UNICEF says 2.7 million have fled, a million kids just like him never cry
A sign of horrible stress on their poor little minds, my God! Tell me why?
NATO witnesses the destruction of lives with their hands in their pockets
While Ukraine is razed by the madman in Moscow hurling rockets
All because we might start a world war, the powder keg might blow
Well, I don’t believe cowering in fear will make it any better, stand up to him Joe!
Stand up for the people dying daily in the roads
As the crazy bastards shells them with mortar loads
Stand up to him Joe! Tell him enough is enough
If he wants to play dirty, then it’s time to get tough
Stand up to him Joe! Grab you foil mask and epee
Cork the Druzhba, silence shipments through the Baltic Sea
STAND UP TO HIM JOE!
Tim Windisch
03/07/2022
