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There's a sunny little country south of mexico |
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Where the winds are gentle and the waters flow |
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But breezes aren't the only things that blow |
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In el salvador |
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If you took the little lady for a moonlight drive |
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Odds are still good you'd come back alive |
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But everyone is innocent until they arrive |
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In el salvador |
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If the rebels take a bus on the grand highway |
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The government destroys a village miles away |
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The man on the radio says 'now we'll play south of the border' |
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And in the morning the natives say, |
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We're happy you have lived another day |
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Last night a thousand more passed away |
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In el salvador |
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There's a television crew here from abc |
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Filming rio lempe and the refugees |
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Calling murdered children the 'tragedy' |
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Of el salvador |
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Before the government cameras 20 feet away |
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Another man is asking for continued aid |
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Food and medicine and hand grenades |
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For el salvador |
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There's a thump, a rumble, and the buildings sway |
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A soldier fires the acid spray |
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The public address system starts to play south of the border |
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You run for cover and hide your eyes |
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You hear the screams from paradise |
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They've fallen further than you realize |
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In el salvador |
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Just like poland is 'protected' by her russian friends |
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The junta is 'assisted' by americans |
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And if 60 million dollars seems too much to spend |
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In el salvador |
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They say for half a billion they could do it right |
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Bomb all day, burn all night |
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Until there's not a living thing upright |
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In el salvador |
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They'll continue training troops in the usa |
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And watch the nuns that got away |
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And teach the military bands to play south of the border |
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And kill the people to set them free |
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Who put this price on their liberty? |
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Don't you think it's time to leave |
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El salvador? |
