He wakes up to daven while it's still early,
He gives one last look in the crib at his baby,
He stands there a moment, thinking in his heart,
Hashem, please protect my family from harm,

Out on the street he helps an old man across,
And makes his way on the crosstown bus,
He waits on the platform for just one more train,
And whatever Hashem has in store for today,

BREAKING NEWS,
A JERUSALEM MAN WAS KILLED TODAY NEAR THE LIGHT RAIL,
IN WHAT ISRAELI POLICE SAY WAS A TERROR ATTACK,
AND NOW FOR SPORTS,
BOSTON BEATS CHICAGO IN A TROUNCING 19 TO 7...

We wake up early as they wake up too,
They sharpen their knives as we go to shul,
As everyone prays to the G-d of Creation,
We toil in Torah and fight for our nation,
We run to daven or to the border,
To check all the lines and see all's in order,
We'll get rewarded for tying our shoes,
And placing our lives to save fellow Jews,

His brother's in the army, protecting the nation,
With a prayer and a gun and determination,
He stands by the platform and lifts up his eyes,
And waves to his brother on the other side,

Suddenly a warning, a cry in the distance,
A hundred reactions, a silent confusion,
The soldier, he sees him and fires his load,
But the stone has been thrown so long ago,

We wake up early...

“TODAY'S TOP STORIES,
MORE VIOLENCE IN JERUSALEM TODAY,
IT WASN'T AN ISRAELI WHO WAS SHOT AS EARLIER REPORTED,
BUT A PALESTINIAN YOUTH WHO WAS KILLED,
BY ISRAELI FORCES CARRYING M16S,
AFTER ALLEGEDLY THROWING A SMALL STONE,
IN THE DIRECTION OF SOME PEOPLE,
THE BOY, WHO WAS JUST 19 YEARS OLD,
WAS HEARD TO CRY 'G-D IS GREAT!'
BEFORE BEING SHOT DEAD,
THERE WERE NO CAUSUALTIES ON THE ISRAELI SIDE,
AND NOW FOR THE WEATHER, IT'S COLD AND DREARY THIS MORNING...”

We wake up early...