When I open the paper or check out the news on TV Its 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 home I am Ukrainian now I will stand and I will not bow A half world away but somehow I am Ukrainian now I am the Moscovian 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 A half world away but somehow I am Ukrainian now The world that once was so big Now seems so small An attack on the freedom of one Is aimed at us all Sometimes the picture before you is too hard to see But I can't look away like the coward that I used to be For while others are mounting resistance, had 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 A half world away but somehow We all are Ukrainian now We are Ukrainian now We will stand and we will not bow A half world away but somehow We all are Ukrainian now