We’re All Ukrainian Now

“An attack on the freedom of one is aimed at us all” says John McCutcheon and Tom Paxton in new song. Full lyrics below.

Ukrainian Now

by John McCutcheon and Tom Paxon

When I open the paper and check out the news on TV,
It’s pictures of buildings exploding is all that I see.
But there in the midst of the horror the blood and the bone,
Are the Davids against the Goliath defending their homes.

I am Ukrainian now.
I will stand and I will not bow.
Half world away but somehow,
I’m Ukrainian now

I am the Muscovite protesting out in the street.
I am the Rabbi learning to pray with my feet.
I am the soldier who used to dance in the ballet.
I am the father sending my family away.

I am Ukrainian now.
I will stand and I will not bow.
Half world away but somehow,
I’m Ukrainian now

A world that once was so big,
Now feels so small.
An attack on the freedom of one is aimed at us all.

Some times the picture before you is just too hard to see.
But I can’t look away like the coward I used to be.
While others are mounting resistance and risking it all,
How can we stand by impassive when we hear their call?

We are Ukrainian now,
We will stand and we will not bow,
Half world away but somehow,
We all are Ukrainian now.

We are Ukrainian now,
We will stand and we will not bow.
Half world away but somehow,
We all are Ukrainian now.