on the side of a hill in a land called somewhere a little boy lies asleep in the earth while down in the valley a cruel war rages and people forget what a child s life is worth on the side of a hill a little cloud weeps and waters the grave with its silent tears while a soldier cleans and polishes a gun that ended a life at the age of seven years and the war rages on in a land called somewhere and generals order their men to kill and to fight for a cause they ve long ago forgotten while the little cloud weeps on the side of a hill