Recipient of an "Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting" Award in the 2011

Great American Song Contest



Words and Music: Randall & Sara Effner

Vocals: Sara Effner

Guitar: Randall Effner



A young mother sits in her Beijing apartment. Her little boy plays quietly nearby, too young to be aware of the tragedy that is unfolding in the family. His father has been taken into custody. What was his crime? Something that we here in the West take almost totally for granted: practicing his faith.



In modern China under the rule of the Communist Party, this scene is all too common, as families try their best to cope with fathers and mothers, sons, daughters, and other loved ones being sent to labor camps and prisons, and even tortured to death for their belief.



Beijing Lullaby





Look at you, my precious little son

How sweetly you sit there at play

You're too young to know why I'm crying

The police took your Daddy away.



Everyone knows he's a good man

He didn't do anything wrong

The Party jailed him for one reason

Believing in Falun Gong.





Are you cold, my precious little son

Last night they turned off the heat

We might have to stay at your grandma's

Or else we'll be out on the street.



The Party's an evil red dragon

It claims to be “glorious and great”

But we know the power of Compassion

Surpasses the power of hate.





Come to me, my precious little son

I just want to hold you a while

We must not lose heart or be fearful

Now show me your Daddy's bright smile.



These dark days will soon be behind us

The sun will shine after the rain

The Party will face Heaven's justice

And we'll be together again.





Look at you, my precious little son

How sweetly you sit there at play

You're too young to know why I'm crying

The police took your Daddy away.





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