I fell in love with Israel in 1976. I went back there for a shorter stint on Kibbutz Gevim late in 1978. I think that is where most of this song was written. I was obviously feeling very defensive about people discussing Israel as the seat and cause of Armageddon and hoped another better fate awaited her.
Israel has changed a great deal since 1978. I no longer nurture much hope for a positive outcome to their problems. Generations of hate on both sides of the conflict have soured all hopes of reconciliation.
This song had a very limited ‘live’ life. Another song that was not given enough love or time.
ARMAGEDDON
I see no reason for Armageddon
I think you’re wrong
See the rivers of Babylon
That my dreams float on
Green hills before me
Birds singing in the creek bed
Land of our fathers
Giving us trouble and strife
They have wandered far and wide
Back to their home
They turned the desert into spring
From a mountain sea
Blue skies smile down
The world seems peaceful to me
A strong wind calls back
Answers my joy with a plea
It sees no reason for Armageddon
If we don’t take sides
There is no reason for Armageddon
If we don’t take sides
But that land won’t leave me
These old homes bring it all back
The fear and the anguish
The love and the beauty still there
Brown eyes and dark skin
Yellow land in love and war
There is no reason for Armageddon
If we don’t take sides
I think you’re wrong
1978
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