A HUG FOR THE BORDERGUARD (listen)
Last night they opened up THE WALL
A source of wonder to us all
Now those who live on the other side
Can walk in peace that great divide
And go on home again
- The world is changing
I was born too late to have a say
That wall - I touched and I gazed at it
And wondered at the why of it
Last night they tore the damn thing down
No man's land became a place for clowns
- A hug for the borderguard
Can't quite believe it's OK to go through
Makes me think that I would like to be there too
As they pull the whole thing down
No man's land becomes a place for clowns
Berlin becomes a reunited town
- Is the Cold War over?
- If it happened there it can happen anywhere
A source of hope for the unfree everywhere
A source of wonder to us all
No man's land became a place for clowns
Berlin became a reunited town
- Is the madness over?
A hug for the borderguard
The world is changing
Commentary
Like millions of others I watched the TV in awe as vision showed cars and pedestrians moving freely out of East Berlin into the west. I remember seeing a car stop. A woman got out and gave the soldier at the border post a huge long hug. It was one of the more powerful images I'd ever seen. I've never forgotten it. This is my celebration of the Berlin Wall coming down.
