Somalia by Patti Smith Lyrics

[Verse 1:]
I don't know why I feel this way today
The sky is blue the table is laid
The trees are heavy with yellow fruit
And in their shade children happily play
The pears have fallen to the ground
My child places one in my hand
The sun is warm upon my face
And I dream of a burning lad
Mother of famine take this pear
Upon an arrow through the rings of time
This small fruit this golden prayer
May it pass from this hand to thine

[Chorus:]
If I were rain I'd rain on Somalia
If I were grain for Somalia I'd gros
If I were bread I would rise for Somalia
If I were a river for Somalia I'd flow

[Verse 2:]
All the mothers will dream of thee
All the mothers bless thy empty hand
All the mothers will grieve for thee
All the sorrow a mother can stand
[Chorus]

-This lyrics was written in memory of Audrey Hepburn
Who worked with the simple industry of a servant to give
Comfort to the victims of the famine in Somalia