Henry's Songbook

Chorus:
Do you think of me as enemy, and could you call me friend
Or will we let our differences destroy us in the end
The wall that stands between us could be a window too
When I look into the mirror I see you

Did you sing your children lullabies to calm their fears at night
Did you hold them gently till they went to sleep
Did you plant in them the seeds of hope for new and better lives
Did you make them promises you couldn't keep

Do you have sons who fight for peace the way I'm told mine do
Do they send you photographs from foreign lands
Do you chill to see the missiles, and do they haunt your dreams
Do you wonder whose the power, whose the hands

Oh may we live to see the day when walls of words and fear
No longer stand between the truth and dreams
When walls of windows rise into the darkness and we dare
To look into the mirror and see peace

[1986:] Written in 1985. Pat Humphries and I wrote this song as a homework piece during a week-long songwriting workshop in upstate New York. I'm told that some women from California took it to Moscow and sang it there whilst on a cultural exchange visit. I can think of no more appropriate use for it. (Judy Small Songbook 52)