Little Brown Feet

Lyrics: c. Norman Habel - 2003

Music: c. Anjali Habel-Orell - 2003

(Written for Sorry Day 2003 and included in a Documentary on Sorry Day 2003.)

(The Sheet music is also available)

                        Did we really say sorry with all of  those words?

                        Did we really say sorry when we marched down the street?

                        Did we really say sorry for stealing away

                        The lives and the hopes of those little brown feet?

                        Did we mean what we said when we shouted that day,

                        When we shouted aloud, You're no longer alone?

                        Did we mean what we said when we promised to help

                        Those little brown feet to find their way home?

                        If we really say sorry just what will it mean?

                        Will we feel what they feel when we walk down their street?

                        If we speak true the shame on the journey to heal,

                        Will hope stir again in those wounded brown feet?

                        If we walk down the trail with those hopeful brown feet,

                        If we join them no matter what age they may be,

                        If we walk and we work on bringing them home,

                        Those dancing brown feet once again will run free.