Maria Daines: MUSIC
#SAVETHE21
This is a song for the 21 dogs held by Ontario SPCA. I wrote the lyrics as though the dogs could talk, thinking of what they may say to the OSPCA if they could, because although they were 'saved' their lives are still very much in the balance and I believe welfare organisations should do as much as possible to help dogs which have been rescued from alleged fighting crimes, in order that they have the chance to be rehabilitated if necessary and life after abuse. I also do not believe any dog should be condemned for the way it looks and victims should not have to fight for their lives.
You showed us mercy, now our lives are on the line
Locked up in solitary, I see my friends decline
What did we do? What did we do to you?
It's all paperwork and talk and hurt
And somewhere in this cruel world
There's got to be a way to pull us through…
We're lovers, we're not fighters
Won't you let us have a chance?
Someone's got to understand
Speak up and lend a helping hand
To pull us through…
Where's the justice in your eyes
Where's the heart that makes you cry
Where's the hope, the trust in life?
We want to see outside the cage
Feel the sun, the clouds, the rain
Why must we be killed instead of saved?
We'll be brave….
When you found us, you know we thought somebody cared
We thought you'd save us and help us to be spared
What did you do? What did we mean to you?
Now we wait and wait and days go by
And nobody will come for us
There's got to be a way to pull us through
We're lovers, we're not fighters
Don't you see beneath a scar?
Tell the world -
Love is worth more than the law
And pull us through…
Where's the justice in your eyes
Where's the heart that makes you cry
Where's the hope, the trust in life?
We want to see outside the cage
Feel the sun, the clouds, the rain
Why must we be killed instead of saved?
We'll be brave…
We'll be brave…
© Maria Daines/Paul Killington
19th March 2016
Petition and information links:
https://www.change.org/p/save-the-chatham-dogs-seized-by-ospca
https://www.facebook.com/BSLAwareness/
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/windsor/john-nunziata-pit-bulls-1.3504575
http://indianajane.ca/2016/03/14/hope-continues-for-the-21-seized-pit-bulls-from-tilbury-ontario/
http://indianajane.ca/2016/03/04/a-painful-irony-the-seized-pit-bulls-of-tilbury-ontario/
http://www.dogtales.ca/help-us-save-the-21-tilbury-dogs
Feel free to download and share this song to help raise awareness.
#Savethe21 #EndBSL
#Savethe21 is also available on the links below –
https://soundcloud.com/maria-daines/savethe21
