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Summer Rain

from 30something by Antoine Bustros

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This song was written during the Israeli military operation called - for some incomprehensible and cynical reason - "Summer Rain" in June-July 2006. It was the first major military operation against the population of Gaza since the Israeli settlers had left in 2005. It left over 200 Gaza Palestinians dead, among them 44 children. Since then there have been several further military assaults of a much larger scale of death, injuries and destruction. Needless to say, I dedicate this song to the people of Gaza with much love.

SUMMER RAIN

Two pictures haunt my mind
like holograms that come and go
before my eyes

The one a boy a man a park a ball
a dappled green beside a pond

Like in a film or in a dream
without a sound

But opening wide a curtain in the sky
to show the march of human kind

The man the boy the ball the green of life from eons past
who kicks the man kicks the man kicks the ball kicks the ball away

As patient as a rock the man stands waiting for the boy

Summer rain
summer rain over Gaza
summer rain oh summer rain
summer rain over Gaza

Except for bloody mist that hangs up in the air
about the place where she had stood
yet why should I remember her

Who stood upon a beach
and simply waved a bangle in her hair
yet why should I remember her

Summer rain
summer rain over Gaza
summer rain oh summer rain
summer rain over Gaza

Two pictures haunt my mind
like holograms that come and go
before my eyes

And when I see the one the man the boy I see them all
and when I march for all I see the girl
yet why should I remember her
oh why should I remember her

Summer rain
summer rain over Gaza
summer rain oh summer rain
summer rain over Gaza

Lyrics: Gillman Noonan & antoine bustros

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from 30something, released February 22, 2015
Music: antoine bustros
Lyrics: Gillman Noonan & antoine bustros
antoine bustros: vocals, guitar, percs, bass

Recorded by Dave Sturton

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Antoine Bustros Montreal, Québec

Birth and early childhood in Cairo.
Later childhood and adolescence in Montreal, Canada. Lived in Dublin, Los Angeles, and Toronto. Now lives in Montreal, where he writes film music. Also founded the Ensemble Ulysse for which he writes chamber music.
The songs from 30Something were previously performed under 'Tarek B'.
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