Green Lines and Ham (following Dr. Seuss)

Palestine-I-am!
Green Lines and Ham (following Dr. Seuss)
(photo: flickr / Janine)
That Palestine!

That Palestine!

I do not like
That Palestine!

.

Will you please go back
to the Green Line?

I won’t go back,
oh Palestine,
I won’t go back
to the Green Line.

Will you go back,
today or ever?

I won’t go back
today or ever.
I won’t go back,
not ever, never.
I won’t go back
to the Green Line,
I won’t go back,
oh Palestine.

Would you go back
for my rights?
Would you go back
for my plights?

I would not go back
for your rights.
I would not go back
for your plights.
I won’t go back,
today or ever.
I won’t go back,
not ever, never.
I won’t go back to the Green Line,
I won’t go back, oh Palestine.

Would you go back for my needs?
Would you go back for my creeds?

Not for your needs.
Not for your creeds.
Not for your rights.
Not for your plights.
I won’t go back,
today or ever.
I won’t go back,
not ever, never.
I won’t go back to the Green Line,
I won’t go back, oh Palestine.

Would you? Could you?
Free me now?
Try it! Try it!
Ask me how.

I would not,
could not,
free you now.

You may like it.
You will see.
You may like it,
let me be.

I would not, could not let you be.
Not free you now, YOU let ME be.
Not for your rights.
Not for your plights.
Not for your needs.
Not for your creeds.
I won’t go back, today or ever.
I won’t go back, not ever, never.
I won’t go back to the Green Line,
I won’t go back, oh Palestine.

The UN! The UN!
The UN! The UN!
Could you, would you,
at the UN?

Not at the UN! I won’t let you be!
I won’t set you free! Now just let ME be!

I would not, could not for your plights,
I would not, could not for your rights,
I will not go back for your needs,
I will not go back for your creeds,
I won’t go back
today or ever.
I won’t go back
not ever, never.
I won’t go back
to the Green Line,
I won’t go back,
oh Palestine.

Say!
And the theft?
What of the theft?
Would you, could you, stop the theft?

I would not, could not, stop the theft.

Would you, could you,
rein them in?

I would not, could not, rein them in.
Nor stop the theft, not at the UN.
Nor for your rights, not anytime.
I do not like you, Palestine.
Not for your creeds, not for your plights
Not for your needs, not for your rights.
I won’t go back
to the Green Line,
I won’t go back,
oh Palestine.

You won’t go back to the Green Line?

I won’t go back,
oh Palestine.

You won’t go back,
or so you say.
Try it! Try it!
It may pay.
Try it, it my pay, I say.

Palestine!!!
If you will let me be,
I will try it.
You will see.

Wow! 🙂 Palestine!
I will go back to the Green Line!
I will! I like you, Palestine!
And I will go back for your rights.
And I will go back for your plights…

And I will go back for your needs.
And I will go back for your creeds.
And at the UN. I’ll set you free.
It is so good, so good for me!

I do so like the ‘ole Green Line!
Thank you!
Thank you,
Palestine!

Green Lines and Ham (following Dr. Seuss)
Dr. Seuss (photo: wikimedia commons)