white bones of allende

you are flying to vienna

you have phones aboard your airplanes

sit at oaken tables and speak in solemn tones

while the leaders of all nations keep a deep respectful silence

you're moving pawns and bishops made of flesh and blood and bone

but the white bones of allende and the scattered bones of chile

are the scream that breaks the silence of the thousands blown away

oh

the white bones of allende and the scattered bones of chile

are not silent

they are screaming

they're your peace prize

doctor k

while you banter with reporters

while you charm your fellow diners

while you dance with wives of princes

while you rest from cares of state

there are thousands in the prisons

there are widows numb with sorrow

there are graves unmarked and hidden

there are ghosts outside your gate

and the white bones of allende and the scattered bones of chile

are the scream that breaks the silence of the thousands blown away

oh

the white bones of allende and the scattered bones of chile

are not silent

they are screaming

they're your peace prize

doctor k

for it's kissinger in china

oh

it's kissinger in cairo

and it's kissinger at nato in the grand old power game

but the white bones of allende tell another darker story

for you never got to chile

but you killed it just the same

and the white bones of allende and the scattered bones of chile

are the scream that breaks the silence of the thousands blown away

oh

the white bones of allende and the scattered bones of chile

are not silent

they are screaming

they're your peace prize

doctor k